Lincoln City, Oregon Weather
Lincoln City, Oregon — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Lincoln City, Lincoln County.
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About Lincoln City, Oregon
Lincoln City unfolds along a windswept stretch of Oregon's coast, where Highway 101 acts as a spine, separating the surging Pacific from the brooding, forested hills. It lies 43.6 miles west-south-west of McMinnville, OR (from McMinnville, OR: bearing 247°T), and is situated 7.6 miles north of Lincoln Beach. The air here carries the sharp tang of salt and the damp, earthy scent of evergreen needles, a constant reminder of the immense forces that shape this land. Beaches, wide and often deserted, stretch for miles, their sands a shifting canvas of pale gold and driftwood gray, pounded relentlessly by waves that roar with the untamed energy of the open ocean. Inland, the terrain rises into steep slopes cloaked in Douglas fir and Sitka spruce, their dense canopy filtering the coastal light into an emerald twilight, even at midday. This is a place of raw, elemental beauty, where the land meets the sea with a dramatic, untamed flourish, and the horizon is a perpetually shifting line between the vast sky and the even vaster ocean. The history of Lincoln City is one of convergence, a deliberate joining of smaller coastal settlements in the mid-20th century to create a unified entity capable of managing its own destiny. Before that, the area was shaped by the logging industry, the deep woods yielding timber that built fortunes and fueled a hardy, independent spirit among its inhabitants. Today, while echoes of that past remain in the weathered faces and the quiet resilience of the people, the economy has largely turned to tourism and the service industry, drawing visitors to its famed beaches, its renowned glass-blowing studios, and the allure of the untamed coastline. The annual Kite Festival transforms the broad sands into a vibrant, dancing spectacle of color against the often-gray sky, a joyful celebration of the wind and the open space that defines Lincoln City. The rhythm of life here is dictated by the tides and the seasons, a slower, more deliberate pace than the bustling cities to the east, a quiet acknowledgement of the enduring power of nature.
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| Location | Lincoln City, Lincoln County, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 44.958164°N, 124.017891°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 97367, 97364 |
| Area Code | 503, 971 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lincoln City, Oregon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lincoln City, Oregon, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Lincoln City includes coordinates 44.958164°N, 124.017891°W, situated in Lincoln County. ZIP code 97367, 97364. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
