Onaway, Idaho Weather
Onaway, Idaho — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Onaway, Latah County.
Full aviation weather for Onaway is published on the Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport (KPUW) page, 27 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 4 airfields within reach of Onaway have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Onaway: Jack A Buell Airport (KS72) 50 km · Lower Granite State Airport (K00W) 51 km · Rosalia Municipal Airport (K72S) 53 km
Conditions reported at KPUW describe the airfield itself. Weather 27 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Onaway specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Onaway.
About Onaway, Idaho
Onaway lies in a landscape that feels both ancient and perpetually in motion, where the Palouse hills roll and fold like a rumpled quilt under a vast, often startlingly blue sky. It lies 14.5 miles north-north-east of Moscow, ID (from Moscow, ID: bearing 21°T), and is situated 8.8 miles east of Palouse. Here, the earth is a rich, dark loam, a testament to seasons of growth and harvest, and the wind, when it blows, carries the scent of damp soil and distant pine. The contours of the land are not gentle; they are bold, dramatic sweeps that can make a solitary farmhouse seem impossibly small, dwarfed by the sheer scale of the terrain. In the late afternoon, the sunlight catches the ridges, painting them in hues of ochre and deep russet, before the shadows begin their slow, deliberate creep, softening the sharp angles and lending a quiet dignity to the vastness. The story of Onaway is tied to the land’s bounty, a history etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring rhythm of agriculture. For generations, the fertile soil has sustained the local economy, with wheat and lentils shaping the lives and livelihoods of its residents. While the days here move at a deliberate, unhurried pace, the echoes of those who worked this earth before are present in the weathered barns and the quiet persistence of the community. There are no grand tourist attractions, no bustling centers of commerce; instead, Onaway offers a profound sense of place, a quietude that allows the natural world to assert its own subtle, captivating presence.
Live animated radar for Onaway and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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| Location | Onaway, Latah County, Idaho |
| Coordinates | 46.928227°N, 116.890997°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 83855 |
| Area Code | 208, 986 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Onaway, Idaho Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Onaway, Idaho, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Onaway includes coordinates 46.928227°N, 116.890997°W, situated in Latah County. ZIP code 83855. Telephone area code: 208, 986. Timezone: Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
