Trufant, Michigan Weather
Trufant, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Trufant, Montcalm County.
Full aviation weather for Trufant is published on the Lakeview-Airport-Griffith Field (K13C) page, 17 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 Trufant 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 Trufant: Greenville Municipal Airport (K6D6) 21 km · Canadian Lakes Airport (K0C5) 30 km · Mecosta Morton Airport (K27C) 36 km · Roben Hood Airport (KRQB) 47 km · Ojibwa Airpark (KD11) 53 km
Conditions reported at K13C describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Trufant specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Trufant.
About Trufant, Michigan
Trufant rests in the gentle embrace of Montcalm County, a place where the land itself seems to exhale a quiet contentment. It lies 21.5 miles north-east of Plainfield Township, MI (from Plainfield Township, MI: bearing 37°T), and is situated 8.2 miles east of Nelson Township. Rolling hills, softened by time and cultivation, cradle fields of corn and soybeans that ripple like a green and gold sea under the vast Michigan sky. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, sweet scent of drying grass and distant woodsmoke, a perfume that clings to the senses long after one has left its borders. Here, the hedgerows are thick with wild roses in the summer, their thorny branches a stark contrast to the delicate bloom, and the scattered farmsteads, with their sturdy barns and fields stretching to the horizon, speak of a life lived in partnership with the earth. The history of Trufant is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of this region, a legacy that continues to shape its economic pulse. Generations have worked this fertile ground, coaxing sustenance from the soil, and that enduring connection to the land is palpable in the rhythm of daily life. The local economy, while diversified, still finds its bedrock in the farms that dot the landscape, their produce finding its way to markets near and far. It is a place where the past is not a distant memory but a living presence, woven into the fabric of the present, evidenced in the well-maintained country churches and the quiet pride of its residents.
Live animated radar for Trufant 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 | Trufant, Montcalm County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 43.313918°N, 85.354474°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 49347 |
| Area Code | 616 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Trufant, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Trufant, 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 Trufant includes coordinates 43.313918°N, 85.354474°W, situated in Montcalm County. ZIP code 49347. Telephone area code: 616. 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.
