Tawas, Michigan Weather
Tawas, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Tawas, Iosco County.
Full aviation weather for Tawas is published on the Oscoda Wurtsmith Airport (KOSC) page, 22 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KOSC describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Tawas specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Tawas.
About Tawas, Michigan
Tawas rests on the sandy shores of Lake Huron, a place where the air often carries the sharp, clean scent of pine and the subtle, briny tang of the Great Lake. It lies 50.2 miles north-north-east of Bay City, MI (from Bay City, MI: bearing 22°T), and is situated 1.4 miles west-south-west of East Tawas. The landscape here is a gentle unfolding of rolling dunes, their tawny slopes softened by sea grass and the stoic presence of jack pines, their needles whispering secrets in the persistent breeze. The sky above Tawas can shift with astonishing speed, from the pale, washed-out blue of midday to the bruised, dramatic purples and oranges that bleed across the horizon at dusk, painting the water in ever-changing hues. The streets themselves seem to exhale a quiet contentment, lined with sturdy, unpretentious buildings that have weathered their share of seasons, their paint peeling just enough to speak of endurance rather than neglect. The story of Tawas is deeply entwined with the deep blue of Lake Huron and the rich forests that once blanketed this land. Logging was the lifeblood for generations, the timber barons harvesting the bounty of the northwoods, and you can still feel the echoes of that industry in the sturdy architecture and the enduring character of the place. Today, Tawas finds its rhythm in the ebb and flow of tourism, its harbors bustling with pleasure craft in the summer months, and its beaches drawing families seeking the cool embrace of the lake. The Tawas Point State Park, a slender finger of sand jutting into the water, stands as a sentinel, its historic lighthouse a stoic guardian against the vastness of the lake, a constant reminder of journeys past and present. This is a locale that holds its history close, a place where the past and present mingle like the scents of pine and lake water on a summer evening.
Live animated radar for Tawas 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 | Tawas, Iosco County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 44.269461°N, 83.514697°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 48763, 48764 |
| Area Code | 586 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Tawas, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Tawas, 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 Tawas includes coordinates 44.269461°N, 83.514697°W, situated in Iosco County. ZIP code 48763, 48764. 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.
