Marcellus, Michigan Weather
Marcellus, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Marcellus, Cass County.
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About Marcellus, Michigan
Marcellus rests in a landscape shaped by the slow, deliberate work of glaciers, where the land rises and falls in soft, rounded swells, hinting at the ancient ice that once pressed down. It lies 17.1 miles south-west of Portage, MI (from Portage, MI: bearing 225°T), and is situated 9.9 miles south of Lawton. Fields of corn and soybeans unfurl across these gentle slopes, their green and gold hues catching the sun, while the air often carries the faint, sweet scent of drying hay. Woodlots, thick with oak and maple, punctuate the agricultural expanse, their leafy canopies offering a cool, dappled shade that shifts with the passing clouds. The meandering presence of the Paw Paw River, a ribbon of silver glinting through the terrain, adds a quiet, watery pulse to the scene, its banks often fringed with willows that trail their branches in the current. The story of Marcellus is one of fields and waterways, of a community built on the fertile soil and the steady flow of the Paw Paw. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of rich farmland, established Marcellus in the mid-19th century, and agriculture has remained the bedrock of its economy, with crops like wheat and later corn dominating the landscape. The Paw Paw River, though not a major artery for commerce today, once played a more significant role, its waters powering early gristmills and serving as a transportation route for local produce. The town retains a comfortable, unhurried pace, a feeling of enduring connection to the land that sustains it, and its character is defined by the quiet resilience of those who have worked its earth for generations.
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| Location | Marcellus, Cass County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42.025878°N, 85.815558°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 49067 |
| Area Code | 269 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Marcellus, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Marcellus, Michigan, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Marcellus includes coordinates 42.025878°N, 85.815558°W, situated in Cass County. ZIP code 49067. Telephone area code: 269. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/Detroit).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
