East Lansing, MI Weather Forecast
Ingham County, Michigan
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for East Lansing, 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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East Lansing, MI at a glance
East Lansing is home to about 48,528 people in Ingham County, across 13 square miles. It ranks 33rd by population of 584 places in Michigan with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Meridian, 4 miles away.
- County
- Ingham County
- Population
- 48,528 2023 est.
- Land area
- 13 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,613
- Forecast point
- 42.7489°N, 84.4824°W
How well can the network see East Lansing?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDTX (Detroit, MI), to the E. Its lowest scan passes about 3,700 ft above East Lansing. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KLAN (Lansing/Capital City Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near East Lansing
- Meridian, MI4 mi
- Lansing, MI5 mi
- Bath, MI6 mi
- DeWitt, MI8 mi
- Alaiedon, MI9 mi
- Williamstown, MI9 mi
- Delhi, MI9 mi
- Delta, MI9 mi
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