Manitou Beach, Michigan Weather
Manitou Beach, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Manitou Beach, Lenawee County.
Full aviation weather for Manitou Beach is published on the Lenawee County Airport (KADG) page, 22 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 Manitou Beach 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 Manitou Beach: Hillsdale Municipal Airport (KJYM) 24 km · Jackson County Airport/Reynolds Field (KJXN) 35 km · Fulton County Airport (KUSE) 43 km · Ann Arbor Municipal Airport (KARB) 54 km · Williams County Airport (K0G6) 58 km
Conditions reported at KADG describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Manitou Beach specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Manitou Beach.
About Manitou Beach, Michigan
Manitou Beach rests on the southern edge of a broad, tranquil lake, its shores dotted with cottages that seem to lean into the soft afternoon light. It lies 19.7 miles south-south-east of Jackson, MI (from Jackson, MI: bearing 166°T), and is situated 4.1 miles north of Rollin. The landscape here is a gentle unfolding of fertile farmland and the shimmering expanse of the water, interrupted by stands of mature oak and maple that offer their dappled shade. A quiet hum of cicadas often fills the air, a constant companion to the rustle of reeds along the water's edge and the distant, cheerful calls of gulls. The terrain slopes subtly towards the lake, creating natural, unmanicured banks where dragonflies, their wings like stained glass, dart and hover in the humid breeze. The history of Manitou Beach is deeply entwined with the lure of this cool, inviting water, a summer refuge for families seeking respite from the heat of nearby cities. For generations, the local economy has found its rhythm in the seasonal influx of visitors, supporting small businesses that cater to lakeside leisure: bait shops stocked with the promise of a good catch, ice cream parlors with their sweet, ephemeral offerings, and the friendly clatter of oars from rental boats. The legacy of those early summer days persists in the air, a feeling of shared, unhurried time, where the simple act of watching the sun bleed gold across the water can feel like a profound event.
Live animated radar for Manitou Beach 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Manitou Beach, Lenawee County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 41.969768°N, 84.308279°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 49779, 49253 |
| Area Code | 906, 269 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Manitou Beach, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Manitou Beach, 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 Manitou Beach includes coordinates 41.969768°N, 84.308279°W, situated in Lenawee County. ZIP code 49779, 49253. Telephone area code: 906, 269. 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.
