Rochester, MI Weather Forecast
Oakland County, Michigan
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Rochester, 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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Rochester, MI at a glance
Rochester is home to about 12,779 people in Oakland County, across 3.8 square miles. It ranks 132nd by population of 584 places in Michigan with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Rochester Hills, 3 miles away.
- County
- Oakland County
- Population
- 12,779 2023 est.
- Land area
- 3.8 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,336
- Forecast point
- 42.6866°N, 83.1197°W
How well can the network see Rochester?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDTX (Detroit, MI), to the W. Its lowest scan passes about 980 ft above Rochester. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Rochester show up clearly. Rochester is closer to its radar than 88% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KVLL (Oakland-Troy Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Rochester
- Rochester Hills, MI3 mi
- Shelby, MI4 mi
- Oakland, MI5 mi
- Utica, MI6 mi
- Auburn Hills, MI6 mi
- Washington, MI7 mi
- Troy, MI7 mi
- Sterling Heights, MI9 mi
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