Niles, Michigan Weather
Niles, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Niles, Berrien County.
Full aviation weather for Niles is published on the South Bend International Airport (KSBN) 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 Niles 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 Niles: Andrews University Airpark (KC20) 16 km · Dowagiac Municipal Airport (KC91) 21 km · Elkhart Municipal Airport (KEKM) 24 km · La Porte Municipal Airport (KPPO) 49 km · Michigan City Municipal Airport (KMGC) 49 km
Conditions reported at KSBN describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Niles specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Niles, Michigan
Niles unfolds along the St. Joseph River, its landscape a gentle embrace of fertile soil and weathered brick. It lies 9.1 miles north-west of Granger, IN (from Granger, IN: bearing 306°T), and is situated 8.9 miles north of Notre Dame. The terrain here is not dramatic, but rather a soft rolling of fields that hint at the underlying glacial moraine, a subtle sculpting by ancient ice. Elm trees, their branches reaching like arthritic fingers, cast dappled shadows on sidewalks worn smooth by generations of footfalls, and the air often carries the faint, sweet scent of distant orchards. The St. Joseph River itself, a ribbon of muted silver under a frequently overcast sky, provides a constant, murmuring presence, its currents shaping the very character of the place. This land along the St. Joseph River has a deep history, first shaped by the Potawatomi before being charted by French explorers and later settled by ambitious Americans drawn to its potential. Niles was once a significant industrial hub, its mills powered by the river's flow, and the echoes of that past can still be found in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture of its older buildings. Though heavy industry has largely receded, the spirit of enterprise persists, now often expressed through agriculture, with surrounding farms producing fruits and vegetables that find their way to local markets and beyond. A notable landmark, the Michigan-Erie Canal, though long gone, carved its own chapter into the town's narrative, a testament to the relentless human drive to connect and move goods, a drive that continues to pulse, albeit at a more measured pace, through Niles today.
Live animated radar for Niles 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 | Niles, Berrien County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 41.829769°N, 86.254177°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 49120 |
| Area Code | 269 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Niles, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Niles, 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 Niles includes coordinates 41.829769°N, 86.254177°W, situated in Berrien County. ZIP code 49120. 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.
