Roscommon, Michigan Weather
Roscommon, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Roscommon, Roscommon County.
Full aviation weather for Roscommon is published on the Roscommon Conservation Airport (K3RC) page, 3 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 Roscommon 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 Roscommon: Roscommon County - Blodgett Memorial Airport (KHTL) 17 km · Grayling Army Air Field (KGOV) 23 km · Sugar Springs Airpark (K5M6) 42 km · Oscoda County/Dennis Kauffman Memorial Airport (K51M) 42 km · Lakes of the North Airport (K4Y4) 51 km
Conditions reported at K3RC describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Roscommon specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Roscommon.
About Roscommon, Michigan
Roscommon lies in a land shaped by the slow, deliberate work of glaciers, where the terrain offers a gentle rise and fall rather than dramatic peaks. It lies 63.4 miles north-north-west of Midland, MI (from Midland, MI: bearing 344°T), and is situated 15.3 miles north-east of Houghton Lake. Pine and oak trees, their branches often heavy with the recent memory of snow, stand as sentinels across the landscape, their needles releasing a clean, sharp scent into the crisp air. The sky here is vast, a canvas that shifts through a hundred shades of blue and grey, and in the early evening, the light softens to a warm, buttery hue, casting long shadows that stretch across the fields and along the quiet streets of Roscommon. The very air seems to hold a stillness, a quiet hum of nature undisturbed by the clamor of larger places. The roots of Roscommon are entwined with the logging industry that once dominated this region, the scent of sawdust a ghost on the wind, even now. The Pere Marquette River, a ribbon of clear, cool water, flows nearby, a vital artery for both the early settlers and today's anglers, a testament to the enduring power of the natural world. The local economy, once dependent on the bounty of the forests, now finds its footing in a more diversified manner, with small businesses and the steady pulse of everyday life defining its character. There is a deep sense of continuity in Roscommon, a quiet pride in its history and the simple, honest way of living that persists against the currents of change.
Live animated radar for Roscommon 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 | Roscommon, Roscommon County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 44.49835°N, 84.591968°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 48653 |
| Area Code | 586 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Roscommon, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Roscommon, 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 Roscommon includes coordinates 44.498350°N, 84.591968°W, situated in Roscommon County. ZIP code 48653. 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.
