Taylor, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Taylor, Wayne County.
Full aviation weather for Taylor is published on the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (KDTW) page, 8 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 Taylor 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 Taylor: Grosse Ile Municipal Airport (KONZ) 18 km · Willow Run Airport (KYIP) 22 km · Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport (KDET) 28 km · Oakland Troy Airport (KVLL) 34 km · Ann Arbor Municipal Airport (KARB) 39 km
Conditions reported at KDTW describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Taylor specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Taylor unfolds across a landscape of gentle, rolling terrain, where the broad, open skies of southeastern Michigan cast a pale, diffused light. It lies 3.2 miles west-south-west of Allen Park, MI (from Allen Park, MI: bearing 249°T), and is situated 7.4 miles south-west of Dearborn. Wide streets, lined with mature trees that shed their leaves in a rustling cascade each autumn, give way to residential neighborhoods where tidy lawns and modest homes speak of a settled, enduring presence. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, earthy sweetness, a blend of mown grass and the distant hum of traffic that never quite intrudes on the quietude. The land itself, a patchwork of suburban development and the occasional vestige of greener spaces, feels like a place that has been steadily, deliberately built, each street and house a deliberate stroke on a canvas of quiet ambition. The history of Taylor is intrinsically linked to the industrial might that once defined this region, a legacy that still whispers in the bones of its economy. Once a key hub for manufacturing, particularly in the automotive sector, the echoes of those roaring factories can still be felt, though the economic landscape has shifted, embracing retail and service industries with an adaptive resilience. This evolution has shaped the character of Taylor, imbuing it with a pragmatic spirit and a strong sense of community that values hard work and neighborly connection. The presence of Heritage Park, with its expansive green fields and walking trails, offers a welcome counterpoint to the urban sprawl, a place where the natural world asserts its gentle, persistent claim, reminding residents of the enduring beauty that lies beneath the surface of everyday life in Taylor.
Live animated radar for Taylor 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 | Taylor, Wayne County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42.240872°N, 83.269651°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 48180 |
| Area Code | 313 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Taylor, 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 Taylor includes coordinates 42.240872°N, 83.269651°W, situated in Wayne County. ZIP code 48180. Telephone area code: 313. 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.