Shepherd, Michigan Weather
Shepherd, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Shepherd, Isabella County.
Full aviation weather for Shepherd is published on the Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport (KMOP) page, 11 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 Shepherd 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 Shepherd: Gratiot Community Airport (KAMN) 22 km · Clare Municipal Airport (K48D) 35 km · Jack Barstow Airport (KIKW) 38 km · MBS International Airport (KMBS) 49 km · Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport (KGDW) 53 km
Conditions reported at KMOP describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Shepherd specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Shepherd, Michigan
Shepherd lies in a gently rolling landscape, where the land breathes with the slow exhale of fertile Michigan earth. It lies 23.3 miles west-south-west of Midland, MI (from Midland, MI: bearing 254°T), and is situated 6.2 miles south-east of Mount Pleasant. Fields of corn and soybeans unfurl like green and gold carpets under a wide, often cloud-streaked sky, broken by the darker, more intimate embrace of scattered woodlots. The air here carries a clean, earthy scent, especially after a rain, a fragrance of turned soil and growing things. The occasional cluster of farmhouses, their silos reaching like silent sentinels towards the heavens, punctuate the horizon, hinting at lives lived in close communion with the seasons. In the late afternoon, the sun slants low, casting long shadows that stretch and deepen, imbuing the fields with a quiet, golden luminescence that speaks of a peaceful, grounded existence. The history of Shepherd is entwined with the agricultural bounty of Isabella County, a place where farming has long been the lifeblood, shaping its character and economy. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of rich soil, established a community that has steadfastly maintained its rural roots. While no grand monuments mark its past, the enduring farms and the quiet hum of agricultural machinery are testaments to its enduring industry. The local economy, still largely driven by agriculture, finds its rhythm in the planting and harvesting cycles, a steady cadence that defines the pace of life in Shepherd. A palpable sense of shared heritage permeates the area, a quiet understanding born of generations working the same land under the same vast sky.
Live animated radar for Shepherd 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 | Shepherd, Isabella County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 43.524475°N, 84.694732°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 48883 |
| Area Code | 517 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Shepherd, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shepherd, 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 Shepherd includes coordinates 43.524475°N, 84.694732°W, situated in Isabella County. ZIP code 48883. Telephone area code: 517. 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.
