Washington, Michigan Weather
Washington, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Washington, Macomb County.
Full aviation weather for Washington is published on the Oakland Troy Airport (KVLL) page, 23 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. 4 airfields within reach of Washington 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 Washington: Oakland County International Airport (KPTK) 32 km · Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport (KDET) 35 km · Oakland Southwest Airport (KY47) 54 km
Conditions reported at KVLL describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Washington specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Washington.
About Washington, Michigan
Washington, Michigan, sits a quiet sentinel in Macomb County, its landscape a gentle sweep of fertile ground that has long invited the plow. It lies 3.2 miles north of Shelby Township, MI (from Shelby Township, MI: bearing 2°T), and is situated 10.0 miles north of Sterling Heights. Rolling fields, a patchwork quilt of greens and golds under the vast Michigan sky, give way to stands of mature oak and maple, their branches reaching skyward like weathered hands. The air here, particularly in the soft light of late afternoon, carries a faint, sweet scent of damp earth and distant blossoms, a subtle perfume that clings to the breeze. Roads, mostly straight and true, bisect the farmland, leading past sturdy farmhouses and barns that have weathered generations, their paint weathered to a soft, comforting hue. The story of Washington is one of tenacious roots, deeply planted in the rich soil of southeastern Michigan. Originally settled by farmers drawn to the land's bounty, the area cultivated a reputation for agricultural productivity, a legacy that still hums beneath the surface of modern life. While the broader economic currents have shifted, the spirit of industriousness remains, evident in the local businesses that serve the surrounding communities and the quiet hum of activity that marks the rhythm of daily life. There are no grand pronouncements or bustling thoroughfares here; instead, Washington offers a sense of enduring simplicity, a place where the turning of the seasons still dictates much of the land's character and the lives lived upon it.
Live animated radar for Washington 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 | Washington, Macomb County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42.724476°N, 83.036042°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 48094, 48095 |
| Area Code | 313 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Washington, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Washington, 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 Washington includes coordinates 42.724476°N, 83.036042°W, situated in Macomb County. ZIP code 48094, 48095. 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.
