Ione, Oregon Weather
Ione, 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 Ione, Morrow County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Ione. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Ione is published on the Condon State Pauling Field (K3S9) page, 39 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. 2 airfields within reach of Ione 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 Ione: Hermiston Municipal Airport (KHRI) 57 km
Conditions reported at K3S9 describe the airfield itself. Weather 39 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ione specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ione.
About Ione, Oregon
Ione rests within a wide basin, where the land begins to roll and swell, hinting at the larger Columbia Plateau beyond. It lies 58.4 miles south-south-west of Benton, WA (from Benton, WA: bearing 196°T), and is situated 16.5 miles north-west of Heppner. The sky here feels immense, a vast canvas often painted with the pale golds of dawn and the bruised purples of twilight. Fields of wheat and barley stretch out like rippled silk, their colors shifting with the sun’s arc, giving way to the rougher texture of sagebrush and the occasional hardy juniper clinging to the slopes. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, a subtle perfume of sun-baked earth and distant pine. Even in its quietude, Ione possesses a grounded stillness, a sense that the land has held its breath for centuries. The story of Ione is deeply entwined with the rich soil and the westward push. Settled by pioneers drawn by the fertile valley floor, its early economy was built on the bounty of agriculture, a tradition that continues to define its character. The Great Northern Railway, a vital artery for transporting grain and goods, once hummed through this place, leaving a legacy of sturdy, functional buildings that still lend Ione its unhurried, practical feel. While modern life has brought its own subtle shifts, the quiet hum of combines in the fall and the murmur of conversations at the local café remain enduring soundtracks to life in Ione.
Live animated radar for Ione 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 | Ione, Morrow County, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 45.501243°N, 119.824751°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 97843 |
| Area Code | 541 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ione, Oregon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ione, 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 Ione includes coordinates 45.501243°N, 119.824751°W, situated in Morrow County. ZIP code 97843. 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.
