Clearwater, MI Weather Forecast
Kalkaska County, Michigan
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Clearwater, 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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Clearwater, MI at a glance
Clearwater is home to about 2,573 people in Kalkaska County, across 31 square miles. It ranks 564th by population of 584 places in Michigan with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Whitewater, 7 miles away.
- County
- Kalkaska County
- Population
- 2,573 2023 est.
- Land area
- 31 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 83
- Forecast point
- 44.8113°N, 85.2705°W
How well can the network see Clearwater?
The nearest Doppler radar is KAPX (Gaylord, MI), to the ENE. Its lowest scan passes about 1,700 ft above Clearwater. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Clearwater show up clearly. Clearwater is closer to its radar than 74% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KACB (Bellaire/Antrim Cnty). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Clearwater
- Whitewater, MI7 mi
- Acme, MI9 mi
- Peninsula, MI13 mi
- East Bay, MI14 mi
- Traverse City, MI17 mi
- Garfield, MI19 mi
- Elmwood, MI19 mi
- Bingham, MI20 mi
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