Westwood, Michigan Weather
Westwood, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Westwood, Kalamazoo County.
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About Westwood, Michigan
Westwood rests on rolling terrain, a landscape shaped by glacial history, where the land gently rises and falls like the breath of a sleeping giant. It lies 2.5 miles west-north-west of Kalamazoo, MI (from Kalamazoo, MI: bearing 288°T), and is situated 7.5 miles north-north-west of Portage. The air, especially as afternoon mellows into evening, carries the scent of damp earth and the distant, sweet perfume of ripening fruit from the surrounding orchards. Oak and maple trees, their branches thick with the promise of summer shade, stand sentinel along the roads, their leaves whispering secrets to the persistent breeze. Here and there, fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards the horizon, a patchwork quilt of greens and golds under a sky that often offers a remarkable clarity, allowing the distant farms and their weathered barns to stand out in sharp relief. The story of Westwood is intertwined with the fertile soil and the industrious spirit of those who settled here. Early pioneers, drawn by the promise of rich farmland, established a community that has since cultivated a quiet resilience, its economy historically rooted in agriculture and a scattering of small manufacturing enterprises. While the days of large-scale industry have long since passed, a vein of local craftsmanship and entrepreneurialism persists, evident in the independent businesses that line the main thoroughfares and the enduring traditions of community gatherings. The very character of Westwood is one of understated continuity, a place where the past is not so much a relic as a foundation upon which the present continues to build, its rhythm dictated by the changing seasons and the steady pulse of everyday life.
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| Location | Westwood, Kalamazoo County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42.302817°N, 85.633619°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 49659, 49006 |
| Area Code | 989, 269 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Westwood, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Westwood, Michigan, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Westwood includes coordinates 42.302817°N, 85.633619°W, situated in Kalamazoo County. ZIP code 49659, 49006. Telephone area code: 989, 269. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/Detroit).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
