Helix, Oregon Weather
Helix, 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 Helix, Umatilla County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Helix. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Helix is published on the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport at Pendleton (KPDT) page, 22 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 Helix 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 Helix: Martin Field (KS95) 29 km · Walla Walla Regional Airport (KALW) 40 km · Hermiston Municipal Airport (KHRI) 47 km · Tri Cities Airport (KPSC) 58 km
Conditions reported at KPDT describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Helix specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Helix.
About Helix, Oregon
Helix lies in a broad, sun-baked basin, a place where the land opens its palm to the vast Oregon sky. It lies 15.8 miles south-south-west of Whitman, WA (from Whitman, WA: bearing 211°T), and is situated 8.4 miles west-north-west of Athena. Low, rolling hills, the color of dry straw and sun-bleached bone, surround the small cluster of buildings, their slopes etched with the faint tracery of irrigation ditches that promise life in this arid expanse. A gentle breeze, carrying the scent of dust and distant sagebrush, whispers through the sparse vegetation, rustling the leaves of the few hardy cottonwoods that line the dry creek beds, their branches reaching like skeletal fingers towards the immense, often cloudless blue above. The light here, especially as the day wears on, possesses a peculiar clarity, sharpening the edges of the landscape and casting long, dramatic shadows that crawl across the earth. The history of Helix is intrinsically tied to the fertile, yet challenging, earth of the Umatilla Basin, a land that has sustained agricultural endeavors for generations. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of rich soil and open range, established a presence that eventually coalesced into the community seen today, its economy still largely tethered to the cultivation of wheat and other grains that stretch across the surrounding fields in rippling waves of gold. The quiet hum of agricultural machinery, a constant, subtle vibration beneath the surface of daily life, speaks to the persistent labor that underpins this place, a testament to the resilience of those who have made their home in this corner of the high desert. While no grand monuments mark its past, the very character of Helix, its unhurried pace and the deep connection to the land, speaks volumes of its enduring spirit.
Live animated radar for Helix 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 | Helix, Umatilla County, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 45.849577°N, 118.656925°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 97835 |
| Area Code | 541 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Helix, Oregon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Helix, 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 Helix includes coordinates 45.849577°N, 118.656925°W, situated in Umatilla County. ZIP code 97835. 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.
