Pellston, Michigan Weather
Pellston, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Pellston, Emmet County.
Full aviation weather for Pellston is published on the Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County Airport (KPLN) page, 2 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 Pellston 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 Pellston: Harbor Springs Airport (KMGN) 17 km · Cheboygan County Airport (KSLH) 23 km · Mackinac Island Airport (KMCD) 36 km · Boyne City Municipal Airport (KN98) 42 km · Boyne Mountain Airport (KBFA) 44 km
Conditions reported at KPLN describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Pellston specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Pellston.
About Pellston, Michigan
Pellston lies where the land begins to soften its northern edge, a place of quietude cradled by the gentle, rolling contours of Emmet County. It lies 114.1 miles east-north-east of Door, WI (from Door, WI: bearing 74°T), and is situated 7.5 miles north of Alanson. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a clean, sharp scent, a blend of pine needles from the surrounding forests and the distant, cool breath of Lake Michigan. Fields, often checkerboarded with crops that shift with the seasons, stretch towards horizons softened by the haze of summer or the crisp clarity of autumn. This is a landscape that feels both grounded and airy, where the rustle of leaves in the dense woods seems to hold conversations with the wide-open sky above the cultivated clearings. The roads, often lined with the stoic endurance of birch and aspen, lead into a terrain that promises both hidden clearings and broad vistas. The character of Pellston is deeply entwined with the history of its timber and railroad past, a legacy that shaped its early growth and still subtly influences its present. For decades, the logging industry was the lifeblood of this region, and the echoes of that industrious era can still be felt in the sturdy architecture and the very way the land has been worked. Today, while the grand scale of lumber operations has receded, a spirit of pragmatic resourcefulness persists, often manifesting in small businesses and agricultural ventures that honor the land’s bounty. The proximity to the Straits of Mackinac, though not directly on its shores, lends Pellston a certain strategic importance, a gateway to the north, and its name itself is a nod to the railway magnates who once envisioned its potential. The quiet hum of daily life here moves at a pace attuned to the changing light and the turning of the earth, a rhythm that feels both timeless and uniquely its own.
Live animated radar for Pellston 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Pellston, Emmet County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 45.552789°N, 84.783936°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 49769 |
| Area Code | 906 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Pellston, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pellston, 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 Pellston includes coordinates 45.552789°N, 84.783936°W, situated in Emmet County. ZIP code 49769. 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. 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.
