Gopher Flats, Oregon Weather
Gopher Flats, 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 Gopher Flats, Umatilla County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Gopher Flats. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Gopher Flats is published on the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport at Pendleton (KPDT) page, 10 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 Gopher Flats 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 Gopher Flats: Hermiston Municipal Airport (KHRI) 45 km · Martin Field (KS95) 48 km · Walla Walla Regional Airport (KALW) 58 km
Conditions reported at KPDT describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gopher Flats specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gopher Flats.
About Gopher Flats, Oregon
Gopher Flats sprawls across a gentle inclination where the basaltic bones of the land rise subtly towards the horizon, a landscape etched by the patient hand of wind and time. It lies 28.5 miles south-south-west of Whitman, WA (from Whitman, WA: bearing 203°T), and is situated 3.2 miles east of Pendleton. Sagebrush, a muted tapestry of dusty greens and silver, clings to the ochre earth, punctuated by the occasional stoic juniper. The sky here is an immense, ever-changing canvas, capable of holding a fierce, unyielding blue or dissolving into the bruised purples and molten golds of an approaching storm. In the quiet hours, the air itself seems to hum with a dry, ancient resonance, carrying the faint scent of sun-baked earth and the promise of distant rain. The terrain is a study in subtle shifts, a rolling expanse that whispers of geological forces long at rest, where the occasional dry wash carves a shallow, ephemeral scar. The history of Gopher Flats is inextricably tied to the fertile crescent carved by the Columbia River, a waterway that once pulsed with the ambitions of fur traders and the steady march of settlers. Though the grand ambitions of early mining ventures largely faded, leaving only whispers in the wind, the land’s enduring bounty has always been its true wealth. Today, the local economy is rooted in the deep, rich soil, a continuation of generations who have coaxed sustenance from this sometimes-challenging, always-rewarding earth. Fields of wheat and barley stretch towards the sun, their golden heads bowing in unison to the breeze, a testament to the agricultural spirit that defines Gopher Flats. The rhythm of life here is measured not by the clock's urgent tick, but by the slow turning of seasons and the dependable cycles of the harvest, a quiet persistence that imbues the very character of Gopher Flats.
Live animated radar for Gopher Flats 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 | Gopher Flats, Umatilla County, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 45.6658°N, 118.7225°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 97801 |
| Area Code | 541 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gopher Flats, Oregon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gopher Flats, 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 Gopher Flats includes coordinates 45.665800°N, 118.722500°W, situated in Umatilla County. ZIP code 97801. 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.
