Mancelona, Michigan Weather
Mancelona, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Mancelona, Antrim County.
Full aviation weather for Mancelona is published on the Antrim County Airport (KACB) page, 14 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Mancelona have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Mancelona: Lakes of the North Airport (K4Y4) 15 km · Gaylord Regional Airport (KGLR) 31 km · Boyne Mountain Airport (KBFA) 31 km · Boyne City Municipal Airport (KN98) 34 km · Grayling Army Air Field (KGOV) 36 km
Conditions reported at KACB describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mancelona specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Mancelona, Michigan
Mancelona rests in a gentle embrace of rolling hills, a landscape shaped by the slow, insistent work of glaciers long past. It lies 97.6 miles north-north-west of Midland, MI (from Midland, MI: bearing 336°T), and is situated 9.1 miles south-east of Bellaire. The terrain here is a pleasant alternation of open fields, where the sun can truly stretch its rays across the land, and the darker, more secretive promise of mixed hardwood forests. A fine, almost powdery dust often hangs in the air after a dry spell, catching the sunlight in ethereal shafts, and the air itself carries the crisp, clean scent of pine and damp earth, a constant reminder of the wildness that presses in on all sides. The Mancelona Creek, a ribbon of cool, clear water, meanders through the periphery, its banks often fringed with alder and willow, offering a quiet soundtrack to the unfolding days. The history of Mancelona is deeply entwined with the logging industry that once pulsed through this part of Antrim County, a past evident in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture of its older buildings, suggesting a heritage of hard work and resilience. The economy, now diversified, still carries echoes of that timber-driven era, with agriculture playing a significant role, the fertile soil supporting a variety of crops that paint the landscape in seasonal hues. Local traditions, though perhaps not loudly proclaimed, are woven into the fabric of everyday life, a quiet pride in the land and the self-reliance it fosters. There is a palpable sense of continuity here, a feeling that the rhythms of Mancelona have been shaped not just by human endeavor, but by the enduring cycles of nature, a place where the sky feels vast and the earth feels solid beneath one's feet.
Live animated radar for Mancelona and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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| Location | Mancelona, Antrim County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 44.902229°N, 85.060885°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 49659 |
| Area Code | 989 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mancelona, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mancelona, Michigan, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Mancelona includes coordinates 44.902229°N, 85.060885°W, situated in Antrim County. ZIP code 49659. Telephone area code: 989. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/Detroit).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
