Dunes City, Oregon Weather
Dunes City, Oregon — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Dunes City, Lane County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Dunes City. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Dunes City is published on the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport (KOTH) page, 53 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KOTH describe the airfield itself. Weather 53 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dunes City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dunes City.
About Dunes City, Oregon
Dunes City rests where the Oregon Coast Range surrenders to the immense, restless sweep of the Pacific. It lies 52.5 miles west-south-west of Eugene, OR (from Eugene, OR: bearing 258°T), and is situated 6.9 miles south of Florence. This is a land of shifting sands, where wind shapes the landscape with an artist's touch, creating rolling dunes that climb and fall like frozen waves. Beyond the sandy expanse, the Siuslaw River, a broad ribbon of quiet water, meanders towards the sea, its surface often mirroring the bruised purples and soft greys of a coastal sky. The air here carries the clean, sharp tang of salt and the deep, damp scent of pine needles, a constant reminder of the wild, untamed edges of this place. A subtle, almost imperceptible, rustle of wind through dune grasses is the town's perpetual soundtrack, a murmur that speaks of the ceaseless dance between land and sea. The history of Dunes City is as mutable as its sandy terrain, shaped by the ebb and flow of human endeavor against the powerful backdrop of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. For centuries, indigenous peoples knew these lands, their lives interwoven with the rhythms of the river and the ocean. Later, homesteaders arrived, drawn by the promise of the coast, though the challenging environment often made permanent settlement a difficult pursuit. Today, the local economy is intrinsically tied to the allure of the dunes, drawing visitors from far and wide to experience their grandeur through hiking, off-roading, and simple quiet contemplation. The presence of the Siuslaw River estuary also hints at a past of fishing and timber, though the dunes themselves now hold pride of place, a unique and defining feature of Dunes City.
Live animated radar for Dunes City 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 | Dunes City, Lane County, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 43.883175°N, 124.115116°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 97493, 97439 |
| Area Code | 503, 971 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dunes City, Oregon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dunes City, 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 Dunes City includes coordinates 43.883175°N, 124.115116°W, situated in Lane County. ZIP code 97493, 97439. 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.
