Marcellus, Michigan Weather
Marcellus, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Marcellus, Cass County.
Full aviation weather for Marcellus is published on the Three Rivers Municipal Dr Haines Airport (KHAI) page, 20 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 Marcellus 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 Marcellus: Dowagiac Municipal Airport (KC91) 26 km · Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (KAZO) 32 km · Elkhart Municipal Airport (KEKM) 38 km · Kirsch Municipal Airport (KIRS) 39 km · Andrews University Airpark (KC20) 46 km
Conditions reported at KHAI describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Marcellus specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
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.
Live animated radar for Marcellus 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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
