Bay City, MI Weather Forecast
Bay County, Michigan
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Bay City, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Bay City, MI at a glance
Bay City is home to about 32,082 people in Bay County, across 10 square miles. It ranks 52nd by population of 584 places in Michigan with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Essexville, 3 miles away.
- County
- Bay County
- Population
- 32,082 2023 est.
- Land area
- 10 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,156
- Forecast point
- 43.5901°N, 83.8884°W
How well can the network see Bay City?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDTX (Detroit, MI), to the SSE. Its lowest scan passes about 5,100 ft above Bay City. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Bay City can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KMBS (Saginaw Intl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Bay City
- Essexville, MI3 mi
- Portsmouth, MI4 mi
- Bangor, MI4 mi
- Monitor, MI5 mi
- Frankenlust, MI6 mi
- Hampton, MI6 mi
- Kochville, MI8 mi
- Kawkawlin, MI9 mi
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