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Three Lakes, Michigan Weather

Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Three Lakes weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Three Lakes, MI
Saturday, July 4 at 5:28 AM
60
°
Overcast
Feels like
61°
Humidity
87%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
2:05 AM
Sunset
5:48 PM
Three Lakes, MI
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastThree Lakes, MI: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 54 to 74 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 54°H 74°
Three Lakes, MI
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Foggy
    74°60°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    76°52°+2°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    84°56°+8°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Thunderstorm
    50%
    79°63°-5°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Rain
    62%
    0.35″
    69°56°-10°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Partly Cloudy
    54%
    75°53°+6°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    12%
    79°52°+4°
Three Lakes, MI
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
N
006° · backing 11°
Direction
N
006°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
12
mph
Peak 24h
13
avg 4
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 4 · pk 13 @ 7:00p
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 114SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 11° from the n.
Three Lakes, MI
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
959.1
+0.9 mb in 3h · rising · 28.32 inHg
Now
959.1
mb
3h
+0.9
mb
12h
+1.1
mb
24h
+2.2
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 957959
950955960965-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW959.1956.7959.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Three Lakes, MI
Air quality
36
AQI
Good
-9 in 6h

AQI 36 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI down 9 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). Ozone at AQI 34. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~97%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
2.8μg/m³
PM 10Good
3μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
72μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 34. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~97%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 34
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 8
Three Lakes, MI
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
99%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
25.9mi
UNLIMITED
83 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
09:28 UTC · Three Lakes, MI · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
09:28 UTC · Three Lakes, MI · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Three Lakes, MI
Satellite · infrared · animated
Three Lakes, MI
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Three Lakes, MI
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:27 AM
Sunrise
2:05 AM
Daylight
15h 43m
Sunset
5:48 PM
Civil dusk
10:28 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Three Lakes, MI
The moon
Waning Gibbous
83% illuminated
Moonrise
11:57 PM
Moonset
10:50 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Three Lakes, MI
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Three Lakes at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 5°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 25 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

15-Day Forecast — Three Lakes

  1. Sat74°59°4%
  2. Sun76°52°5%
  3. Mon84°56°4%
  4. Tue79°63°50%
  5. Wed69°56°62%
  6. Thu75°53°54%
  7. Fri79°52°12%
  8. Sat78°61°25%
  9. Sun71°55°13%
  10. Mon75°58°14%
  11. Tue66°54°13%
  12. Wed82°55°13%
  13. Thu78°62°29%
  14. Fri80°54°19%
  15. Sat79°49°19%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Three Lakes

SPC includes Three Lakes in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
  • DAY 3NONENo severe risk

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Three Lakes

  • 49861

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.