Altamont, Oregon Weather
Altamont, Oregon — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Altamont, Klamath County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Altamont. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Altamont is published on the Crater Lake-Klamath Regional Airport (KLMT) page, 6 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 Altamont 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 Altamont: Butte Valley Airport (KA32) 41 km · Chiloquin State Airport (K2S7) 43 km · Tulelake Municipal Airport (KO81) 47 km
Conditions reported at KLMT describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Altamont specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Altamont, Oregon
Altamont lies in a broad, sun-drenched basin where the earth exhales a faint, dry warmth. It lies 58.8 miles east of Medford, OR (from Medford, OR: bearing 98°T), and is situated 2.6 miles east-south-east of Klamath Falls. The landscape here is a study in muted tones, vast expanses of sagebrush and hardy grasses stretching towards distant, hazy mountains that form a rugged, ochre horizon. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a fine dust that catches the light, lending a soft, ethereal glow to the sparse juniper and scattered ponderosa pines. The terrain itself, a gentle rolling of ancient lava flows and sedimentary deposits, feels immense and enduring, a testament to geological time rather than human endeavor. It is a place where the sky feels particularly capacious, a boundless canvas against which the occasional hawk circles, its shadow a fleeting whisper across the silent land. The economic lifeblood of Altamont has long been tied to the land, its fertile pockets supporting ranches where cattle graze on the resilient grasses, a tradition that whispers of generations past. This is a place where the economy has always been intimately connected to the cycles of nature, from the careful tending of livestock to the harvesting of hardy crops adapted to the high desert climate. History here is not inscribed in grand monuments but in the weathered wood of old barns and the quiet stories shared over coffee at the local diner, tales of resilience and adaptation. The distinctive character of Altamont is its unhurried pace, a gentle cadence that allows for contemplation of the immense beauty that surrounds it, a beauty often found in the subtle shifts of light and shadow across the expansive, open country.
Live animated radar for Altamont 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Altamont, Klamath County, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 42.206812°N, 121.737224°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 97603 |
| Area Code | 541 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Altamont, Oregon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Altamont, Oregon, 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 Altamont includes coordinates 42.206812°N, 121.737224°W, situated in Klamath County. ZIP code 97603. Telephone area code: 541. 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.
