Whittaker, Michigan Weather
Whittaker, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Whittaker, Washtenaw County.
Full aviation weather for Whittaker is published on the Willow Run Airport (KYIP) page, 14 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 Whittaker 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 Whittaker: Ann Arbor Municipal Airport (KARB) 16 km · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (KDTW) 22 km · Grosse Ile Municipal Airport (KONZ) 36 km · Oakland Southwest Airport (KY47) 42 km · Brighton Airport (K45G) 51 km
Conditions reported at KYIP describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Whittaker specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Whittaker.
About Whittaker, Michigan
Whittaker rests in a broad, gently rolling expanse of Washtenaw County, where the land breathes with a quiet, agricultural rhythm. It lies 8.8 miles south-west of Van Buren Township, MI (from Van Buren Township, MI: bearing 222°T), and is situated 7.8 miles south of Ypsilanti. The soil here, a deep, dark loam, testifies to the slow, patient work of glaciers and seasons, yielding to the plow with a yielding sigh. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards horizons softened by the hazy breath of summer, their stalks a golden-green chorus under a sky that often holds a bruised, dramatic beauty at dusk. Occasional groves of oak and maple punctuate the open country, their leaves whispering secrets to the wind, offering pockets of shade and a deeper, more resonant silence. The air itself often carries the clean, earthy scent of turned soil, a subtle perfume of honest labor and the turning year. The history of Whittaker is tied to the fertile ground that defines it, a place where early settlers found sustenance and opportunity in the rich earth. The local economy, though diversified, still carries the indelible mark of agriculture; the silos and barns dotting the landscape are not mere relics, but active participants in the ongoing harvest. While other larger settlements in the county have drawn more attention, Whittaker has retained a character that favors quiet persistence over grand pronouncements. Its proximity to a larger university town has introduced a gentle influx of new ideas and a touch of intellectual curiosity, yet the heart of Whittaker beats with the steady, enduring pulse of the land and the people who have long tended it.
Live animated radar for Whittaker 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 | Whittaker, Washtenaw County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42.128097°N, 83.599659°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 48191, 48190 |
| Area Code | 313 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Whittaker, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Whittaker, 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 Whittaker includes coordinates 42.128097°N, 83.599659°W, situated in Washtenaw County. ZIP code 48191, 48190. 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.
