Woodland Beach, Michigan Weather
Woodland Beach, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Woodland Beach, Van Buren County.
Full aviation weather for Woodland Beach is published on the Dowagiac Municipal Airport (KC91) page, 11 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 Woodland Beach 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 Woodland Beach: Southwest Michigan Regional Airport (KBEH) 20 km · Andrews University Airpark (KC20) 20 km · South Haven Area Regional Airport (KLWA) 30 km · South Bend International Airport (KSBN) 43 km · Elkhart Municipal Airport (KEKM) 43 km
Conditions reported at KC91 describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Woodland Beach specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Woodland Beach.
About Woodland Beach, Michigan
Woodland Beach unfurls along the Lake Michigan shoreline, a place where the sand whispers secrets of the prevailing winds and the water, a vast, shifting canvas of blues and grays. It lies 23.1 miles north of Granger, IN (from Granger, IN: bearing 350°T), and is situated 8.0 miles north-north-west of Dowagiac. The air here carries a distinct tang of freshwater and pine, a scent that clings to the skin and lingers long after one has left the immediate embrace of the dunes. Rolling hills, cloaked in a dense, verdant tapestry of deciduous and coniferous trees, give way to the wide, inviting expanse of the beach itself. This is a landscape sculpted by the slow, persistent artistry of erosion and deposition, where the land meets the lake in a gentle, undulating embrace, and the sky, when it clears, stretches in an unbroken arc of pale, luminous blue. The history of Woodland Beach is a story woven into the very grain of its sandy soil, a tale of hardy settlers drawn by the bounty of the lake and the promise of timber. For generations, the local economy has ebbed and flowed with the fortunes of fishing and agriculture, with small farms dotting the surrounding countryside, their fields a patchwork quilt under the sun. Though industry has shifted over the decades, the spirit of self-reliance and a deep connection to the natural world remain. The rhythm of life in Woodland Beach is unhurried, dictated by the changing seasons and the steady pulse of the lake, a place where the quiet beauty of the natural world still holds sway.
Live animated radar for Woodland Beach 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.
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| Location | Woodland Beach, Van Buren County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42.081987°N, 86.191684°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 49047, 48162 |
| Area Code | 269, 313 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Woodland Beach, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Woodland Beach, 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 Woodland Beach includes coordinates 42.081987°N, 86.191684°W, situated in Van Buren County. ZIP code 49047, 48162. Telephone area code: 269, 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.
