Big Rapids, MI Weather Forecast
Mecosta County, Michigan
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Big Rapids, 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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Big Rapids, MI at a glance
Big Rapids is home to about 7,912 people in Mecosta County, across 4.4 square miles. It ranks 216th by population of 584 places in Michigan with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Green, 5 miles away.
- County
- Mecosta County
- Population
- 7,912 2023 est.
- Land area
- 4.4 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,780
- Forecast point
- 43.6997°N, 85.4813°W
How well can the network see Big Rapids?
The nearest Doppler radar is KGRR (Grand Rapids, MI), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 4,100 ft above Big Rapids. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Big Rapids can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KRQB (Big Rapids/Roben Hood Arpt). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Big Rapids
- Green, MI5 mi
- Reed City, MI12 mi
- Morton, MI13 mi
- Big Prairie, MI15 mi
- Reynolds, MI19 mi
- Croton, MI21 mi
- Cato, MI22 mi
- Brooks, MI23 mi
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