McKay, Oregon Weather
McKay, 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 McKay, Umatilla County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near McKay. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for McKay is published on the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport at Pendleton (KPDT) page, 28 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 McKay 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 McKay: La Grande/Union County Airport (KLGD) 53 km
Conditions reported at KPDT describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at McKay specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for McKay.
About McKay, Oregon
McKay unfolds across a landscape that feels both ancient and vibrantly alive, where the earth itself seems to exhale the warmth of the high desert. It lies 38.2 miles south of Whitman, WA (from Whitman, WA: bearing 189°T), and is situated 14.6 miles south-east of Pendleton. Rolling hills, painted in hues of ochre and sage, surrender to a vast, open sky that stretches to an almost tangible horizon, a canvas for the dramatic dance of clouds and sunlight. The air here carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the subtle perfume of wild grasses and the distant promise of rain, a silence punctuated only by the whisper of wind through sparse junipers and the occasional, startling cry of a hawk circling overhead. The very texture of the land, a fine dust that settles on everything with a soft, persistent touch, speaks of a place sculpted by sun and wind, a patient, enduring beauty. This is a place where history is not so much written as it is etched into the very bones of the earth, a legacy of hardy pioneers who found their footing amidst the arid expanses. The local economy, once deeply tied to the unforgiving soil and the bounty it could grudgingly yield, now finds a more diversified rhythm, with agriculture still a significant heartbeat, though other industries have begun to weave their own threads into McKay's story. There are whispers of older times, of prospectors who once scanned these very hills for hidden wealth, and the faint, lingering echoes of journeys taken across these wide-open spaces, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who have called McKay home.
Live animated radar for McKay 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 | McKay, Umatilla County, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 45.499574°N, 118.615805°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 97868 |
| Area Code | 541 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This McKay, Oregon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for McKay, 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 McKay includes coordinates 45.499574°N, 118.615805°W, situated in Umatilla County. ZIP code 97868. 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.
