Drain, Oregon Weather
Drain, 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 Drain, Douglas County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Drain. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Drain is published on the Cottage Grove State Airport (K61S) page, 28 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 Drain 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 Drain: Hobby Field (K77S) 39 km · Roseburg Regional Airport (KRBG) 47 km · Eugene Airport (KEUG) 52 km
Conditions reported at K61S describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Drain specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Drain, Oregon
Drain lies in a valley where the land begins to soften its grip after the ruggedness of the Coast Range foothills. It lies 29.5 miles south-south-west of Eugene, OR (from Eugene, OR: bearing 203°T), and is situated 4.5 miles north-north-west of Yoncalla. Here, the Umpqua River’s influence is felt, not in a roaring torrent, but a more measured flow, carving a gentle path through rolling hills cloaked in a verdant, almost perpetually damp, green. The air itself carries the scent of pine and damp earth, a constant reminder of the surrounding forests that rise in soft, undulating waves toward the horizon. Sunlight, when it breaks through the frequent cloud cover, possesses a diffused quality, painting the landscape in muted tones of emerald and ochre, and the quiet of the mornings is punctuated only by the calls of unseen birds. The history of Drain is deeply entwined with the timber industry that once dominated this region, the echoes of sawmills and logging camps still whispered on the breeze, though the economy has since diversified towards agriculture, particularly berries and hazelnuts, thriving in the fertile soil. The railroad, a lifeline in decades past, still runs through Drain, a silver ribbon connecting it to the wider world, and the quiet hum of its passing is a familiar sound. You can feel the weight of generations who worked this land, their resilience etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring character of the place and the stoic faces of its residents, who greet the changing seasons with a quiet, unshowy acceptance.
Live animated radar for Drain 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 | Drain, Douglas County, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 43.658731°N, 123.318699°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 97435 |
| Area Code | 503, 971 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Drain, Oregon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Drain, 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 Drain includes coordinates 43.658731°N, 123.318699°W, situated in Douglas County. ZIP code 97435. Telephone area code: 503, 971. 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.
