Onekama, Michigan Weather
Onekama, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Onekama, Manistee County.
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About Onekama, Michigan
Onekama rests at the edge of Portage Lake, its shores a soft, sandy embrace that spills into the deeper, cooler waters of Lake Michigan beyond. It lies 64.4 miles east of Pierce, WI (from Pierce, WI: bearing 100°T), and is situated 8.2 miles north-east of Parkdale. The air here carries the tang of pine needles warmed by the sun, a scent that mingles with the subtle, briny whisper of the Great Lake. Gentle slopes rise from the water's edge, cloaked in the deep green of mature hardwoods and the darker, more somber hues of evergreen forests, creating a landscape that feels both open to the sky and intimately enclosed by nature's verdant hand. The light at dusk, when it filters through the trees, has a particular quality here, a pearlescent glow that softens the edges of the world, lending a quiet, contemplative mood to the closing day. This is a place shaped by the rhythms of the water and the enduring legacy of the lumber industry that once defined its existence. For generations, Portage Lake served as a vital artery, a natural harbor where logs were gathered and shipped, and the echoes of that industrious past still resonate in the weathered docks and the stories whispered on the breeze. Today, Onekama’s economy finds its footing in the quiet allure of tourism and the bounty of its surrounding agricultural lands, with orchards of apple and cherry trees dotting the inland hills. The town itself, a collection of welcoming homes and essential businesses, maintains a pace that allows for a genuine connection to the land and the water, a quiet testament to a community that has found its enduring character in the embrace of its natural surroundings.
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| Location | Onekama, Manistee County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 44.363613°N, 86.205087°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 49675 |
| Area Code | 989 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Onekama, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Onekama, 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 Onekama includes coordinates 44.363613°N, 86.205087°W, situated in Manistee County. ZIP code 49675. 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. 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.
