Prescott, Michigan Weather
Prescott, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Prescott, Ogemaw County.
Full aviation weather for Prescott is published on the Sugar Springs Airpark (K5M6) page, 41 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. 5 airfields within reach of Prescott 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 Prescott: Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport (KGDW) 50 km · Oscoda Wurtsmith Airport (KOSC) 52 km · Oscoda County/Dennis Kauffman Memorial Airport (K51M) 56 km · Roscommon Conservation Airport (K3RC) 60 km
Conditions reported at K5M6 describe the airfield itself. Weather 41 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Prescott specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Prescott.
About Prescott, Michigan
Prescott lies at the heart of rolling farmland, where the land breathes a quiet exhalation of green and gold under wide Michigan skies. It lies 41.3 miles north of Bay City, MI (from Bay City, MI: bearing 357°T), and is situated 5.2 miles east of Skidway Lake. The terrain here is a study in gentle slopes, fields of corn and soybeans stretching towards the horizon, bordered by tenacious stands of aspen and maple that blaze with color come autumn. The air, particularly after a rain, carries the clean scent of damp earth and pine needles, a refreshing balm that seems to seep into the very bones of the place. It’s a landscape that feels both expansive and intimate, offering glimpses of distant farmhouses through the shimmering heat of summer and a stark, beautiful clarity on crisp winter mornings. The story of Prescott is tied to the rich agricultural heritage of Ogemaw County, a legacy built by hardy settlers drawn to the fertile soil and abundant timber. While logging once shaped the early economy, the land itself became the enduring source of livelihood, with generations of families working the same fields. The local economy still turns on the cycles of planting and harvest, a steady, predictable rhythm that defines the pace of life in Prescott. There are no grand monuments or bustling tourist attractions, just the quiet dignity of working land and the enduring spirit of a community that finds its beauty in the simple abundance of its surroundings.
Live animated radar for Prescott 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 | Prescott, Ogemaw County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 44.191964°N, 83.930825°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 48756 |
| Area Code | 586 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Prescott, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Prescott, 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 Prescott includes coordinates 44.191964°N, 83.930825°W, situated in Ogemaw County. ZIP code 48756. Telephone area code: 586. 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.
