Fort Hill, Oregon Weather
Fort Hill, 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 Fort Hill, Polk County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Fort Hill. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Fort Hill is published on the Pacific City State Airport (KPFC) page, 35 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. 5 airfields within reach of Fort Hill 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 Fort Hill: Independence State Airport (K7S5) 36 km · McMinnville Municipal Airport (KMMV) 36 km · Tillamook Airport (KTMK) 44 km · Salem-Willamette Valley Airport/McNary Field (KSLE) 47 km
Conditions reported at KPFC describe the airfield itself. Weather 35 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fort Hill specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fort Hill.
About Fort Hill, Oregon
Fort Hill rises from the valley floor, a verdant sentinel against the often-grey Oregon sky. It lies 20.2 miles west-south-west of McMinnville, OR (from McMinnville, OR: bearing 241°T), and is situated 8.4 miles west-south-west of Sheridan. The land here is a study in gentle slopes, softened by the deep, rich soil that has been coaxed into productive fields and pastures. Ancient Douglas firs, their bark like the scales of some slumbering dragon, guard the higher elevations, their shadows stretching long and cool even on the brightest summer days. Below, the landscape unfurls in a patchwork of cultivated land, the muted greens of pasture interspersed with the darker hues of ripening berries and the golden promise of grain. A faint scent of damp earth and pine needles often hangs in the air, a subtle perfume that speaks of the Pacific Northwest’s persistent moisture and the enduring wildness that still holds sway. The story of Fort Hill is deeply entwined with the agricultural rhythms of the Willamette Valley, a place where the land has long been the primary employer and the seasons dictate the pace of life. For generations, families have worked this fertile ground, their livelihoods tied to the bounty of the soil, from the plump cherries and hazelnuts that grace local markets to the hay that feeds livestock through the winter months. Remnants of older homesteads, weathered barns with roofs sagging like tired shoulders, whisper of pioneers who carved their existence from these very hills. While modern machinery has brought efficiency, a palpable sense of continuity remains, a quiet pride in the enduring connection between the people and the land that sustains Fort Hill.
Live animated radar for Fort Hill 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 | Fort Hill, Polk County, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 45.067°N, 123.5605°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 97396 |
| Area Code | 503, 971 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fort Hill, Oregon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fort Hill, 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 Fort Hill includes coordinates 45.067000°N, 123.560500°W, situated in Polk County. ZIP code 97396. 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.
