Painesdale, Michigan Weather
Painesdale, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Painesdale, Houghton County.
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About Painesdale, Michigan
Painesdale rests in a fold of the land, where the dense greens of the Keweenaw Peninsula begin to soften into the rolling terrain. It lies 151.2 miles north-north-east of Wausau, WI (from Wausau, WI: bearing 17°T), and is situated 7.3 miles south-west of Houghton. The air here, even in the quiet of afternoon, carries the damp coolness of the surrounding forests, a subtle perfume of pine needles and rich, dark earth. Low-slung houses, many with sturdy, practical designs, are scattered across the landscape, their rooftops often softened by a dusting of moss or the patient spread of lichen. The roads wind with a gentle, unhurried logic, following the natural contours of the hills, and the sky above, when it finally yields its persistent cloud cover, can be a vast, pale blue, stretched taut over the quietude. This place was born of iron, a legacy etched into the very bones of the land by the relentless toil of miners who sought its bounty deep beneath the surface. The echoes of that industry still linger, not in grand monuments, but in the quiet resilience of the people and the enduring character of the buildings. Though the mines have long since stilled their metallic roar, the spirit of hard work and shared endeavor remains. Local life now finds its rhythm in smaller enterprises, in the steady hum of commerce along the main thoroughfare, and in the shared appreciation for the wild beauty that presses in from all sides. The forests themselves, once a resource to be tamed, now offer a different kind of wealth, a place for quiet contemplation and the renewal of spirit, where the only sounds are the rustle of leaves and the distant call of a bird.
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| Location | Painesdale, Houghton County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 47.043262°N, 88.672349°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 49955, 49905 |
| Area Code | 906 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Painesdale, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Painesdale, 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 Painesdale includes coordinates 47.043262°N, 88.672349°W, situated in Houghton County. ZIP code 49955, 49905. Telephone area code: 906. 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.
