Merlin, Oregon Weather
Merlin, 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 Merlin, Josephine County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Merlin. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Merlin is published on the Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport (KMFR) page, 48 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 Merlin 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 Merlin: Myrtle Creek Municipal Airport (K16S) 54 km
Conditions reported at KMFR describe the airfield itself. Weather 48 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Merlin specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Merlin.
About Merlin, Oregon
Merlin, Oregon, lies where the land begins to show a deeper kind of weariness, a gentle settling into the broad shoulders of the Rogue Valley. It lies 7.1 miles north-west of Grants Pass, OR (from Grants Pass, OR: bearing 319°T), and is situated 6.8 miles north-north-west of Redwood. Here, the land folds in on itself, not with the sharp, dramatic pronouncements of mountains, but with the patient, rounded contours of an ancient river’s work. The air carries the scent of sun-baked earth and the distant, persistent hum of insects, a constant, low-frequency song that is the valley’s true pulse. Oak trees, gnarled and spread wide, claim the lower slopes, their branches reaching like supplicating arms towards a sky that often burns a deep, unwavering blue. The Rogue River, a ribbon of persistent green, charts its own determined course, its banks a mosaic of weathered stones and tenacious wild grasses. The history of Merlin is written in the slow, steady rhythm of its agricultural past, a legacy of orchards and vineyards that still lend a certain sweetness to the breeze. Once, the very earth was turned by hands that sought to coax life from this fertile ground, and the echoes of that labor linger in the weathered barns and the quiet, well-tended fields. The economy here is a testament to resilience, finding its strength in the ongoing cultivation of the land and in the quiet industry that supports it, a far cry from the boom-and-bust of more dramatic eras. The distinctive character of Merlin is not in grand pronouncements, but in the subtle, enduring beauty of a place that has found its peace in the slow unfolding of seasons, a quiet corner where the land and its people have learned to live in a comfortable, unhurried accord.
Live animated radar for Merlin 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 | Merlin, Josephine County, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 42.517339°N, 123.419785°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 97532 |
| Area Code | 541 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Merlin, Oregon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Merlin, 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 Merlin includes coordinates 42.517339°N, 123.419785°W, situated in Josephine County. ZIP code 97532. 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.
