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Michigan Road Conditions
Michigan 511 Road Conditions
Updated Aug 23, 2026 11:20 PM UTC · Mostly dry, wet in places
Lowest 58°F near Grand Rapids, Michigan · Highest wind 20 mph near Lansing, Michigan
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Michigan is a Midwestern state in the United States, known for Detroit, Grand Rapids, and major highways like I-75, I-94, and I-96 that connect the Great Lakes, industrial heartland, and remote northern routes.
- State type: U.S. state in the Midwest
- Year of statehood: 1837
- Area: 250,487 km²
Weather data from Aug 23, 2026 11:20 PM UTC
58°F
75°F
20 mph
1010-1016 hPa
Current Michigan Conditions by State
Michigan 511 road conditions
Dry
- Detroit 73°F · 12 mph wind · gusting 26 mph · Dry
- Lansing 67°F · 12 mph wind · Dry
- Grand Rapids 70°F · 17 mph wind · Dry
See live weather forecast for Michigan. Get real-time Michigan road weather conditions displayed directly on the interactive map for your route, including interstates, state highways, and bridges across the peninsulas. The map shows live weather conditions across Michigan, updated frequently to help drivers plan safer trips through cities, rural areas, and lakefront zones. Forecasts are generated for the next 6 hours at key points along your journey and include temperature and weather conditions such as clear skies, rain, storms, snow, high wind, hail, and more. MDOT publishes incidents, construction and camera views on MiDrive, Michigan's official traffic map; this map is the weather beside it, from the lake-effect snow that comes off Lake Michigan onto US-131 and I-196 to the fog and ice on the I-75 run to the Mackinac Bridge.
MiDrive is the traveller information map run by the Michigan Department of Transportation, at michigan.gov/drive. It is the state's answer to what the road is doing at this minute, and MDOT publishes on it:
- Real-time traffic speeds across the freeway network
- Construction lane closures
- Incident and crash lane closures
- Camera views, where a camera is available
- MDOT snowplows and maintenance vehicles, which is what the map is for in winter
- Truck parking
MiDrive and the forecast on this page
MiDrive reports the closure; the weather on this page is what causes it. Michigan's two worst driving hazards both announce themselves in the forecast before they reach the road: the lake-effect snow that comes off Lake Michigan onto US-131, I-196 and the west side of the state, and the freezing rain that glazes I-94 and I-96 between Detroit, Lansing and Grand Rapids. By the time a crash or a plow shows up on MiDrive, the conditions that produced it have been on the map above for an hour.
So the two maps answer different halves of the same question, and it is worth opening both. Check MiDrive for what is shut, coned off or crawling right now. Use the six-hour forecast here to judge whether the drive gets worse while you are already on it — which is the part a live traffic map cannot tell you, because the traffic has not happened yet.
No full closures are reported in Michigan as of Aug 23, 2026 11:20 PM UTC, and no lane closures or roadworks either. Always check with the responsible state DOT before setting off.
Interstates Through Michigan, Road by Road
Each stretch has its own live conditions, closures and cameras for the Michigan miles only — the weather 500 miles away on the same interstate says nothing about this drive.
- I-69 Road Conditions in Michigan 203 mi
- I-75 Road Conditions in Michigan 396 miles
- I-94 Road Conditions in Michigan 275 mi
Detroit, MI weather
- The current weather in Detroit, MI, is characterized by sunny conditions with a temperature of 16.1°C (61°F) and a humidity level of 86%
- The wind is blowing from the northwest at a speed of 9.1 KPH (5.7 MPH)
- The atmospheric pressure is measured at 1011 MB (29.83 inHg), indicating fairly stable conditions
- Visibility is good, reaching 16 km (9.9 miles)
- No precipitation is occurring at this time, and the UV index is low
- Overall, it is a pleasant day in Detroit.
Grand Rapids, MI weather
- Current weather conditions in Grand Rapids, MI indicate a mostly sunny day with a temperature of 14.4°C (58°F)
- The humidity level is quite high at 97%, contributing to a muggy feel
- Winds are light, blowing from the northwest at approximately 5 to 10 mph (4.6 to 8.0 km/h)
- The atmospheric pressure is measured at 1015 mb (30.0 inHg), which is typical for this time of year
- Visibility is good, reaching 16 km (9.9 miles)
- No significant weather alerts are currently in effect, making it a pleasant day to be outdoors.
Michigan Road Weather FAQ
- Are any roads closed in Michigan right now?
- No full closures are reported on the interstates in Michigan. No lane closures or roadworks are reported either.
- What are Michigan road conditions today?
- The map on this page colours the interstates across Michigan by what is on the carriageway right now — dry, wet, slush, snow or ice — from radar and surface data, last updated Aug 23, 2026 11:20 PM UTC. Right now temperatures run from 58°F to 75°F and the strongest wind is 20 mph.
- How often are Michigan road conditions updated?
- The road surface and weather layers are rebuilt whenever this page is opened with data more than ten minutes old, and refreshed on a schedule in between, so nothing here is more than about two hours old even on a road nobody has looked at. Closures and road blocks are re-imported from the state 511 feeds every fifteen minutes, and the written state-by-state summaries are refreshed daily. Every section on this page carries the time its data was fetched.
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