Hayes, MI Weather Forecast
Otsego County, Michigan
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Hayes, 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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Hayes, MI at a glance
Hayes is home to about 2,807 people in Otsego County, across 69 square miles. It ranks 523rd by population of 584 places in Michigan with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Otsego Lake, 6 miles away.
- County
- Otsego County
- Population
- 2,807 2023 est.
- Land area
- 69 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 41
- Forecast point
- 44.9235°N, 84.7979°W
How well can the network see Hayes?
The nearest Doppler radar is KAPX (Gaylord, MI), to the ESE. Its lowest scan passes about 190 ft above Hayes. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Hayes show up clearly. Hayes is closer to its radar than 99% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KGLR (Gaylord Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Hayes
- Otsego Lake, MI6 mi
- Bagley, MI8 mi
- Gaylord, MI9 mi
- Livingston, MI12 mi
- Boyne City, MI23 mi
- Clearwater, MI24 mi
- Albert, MI27 mi
- Resort, MI30 mi
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