St. Helens, Oregon Weather
St. Helens, 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 St. Helens, Columbia County.
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About St. Helens, Oregon
St. Helens, Oregon, unfolds along the wide, gray expanse of the Columbia River, a place where the land itself seems to exhale the cool, damp air of the Pacific Northwest. It lies 17.1 miles north-north-west of Vancouver, WA (from Vancouver, WA: bearing 333°T), and is situated 4.8 miles north-west of Ridgefield. The terrain here is a gentle surrender from the rolling hills of the Coast Range, a landscape softened by centuries of rainfall, where forests of Douglas fir and Western hemlock stand sentinel, their dense canopies filtering the light into an emerald hush. Along the riverfront, the town breathes with the rhythm of the water, its docks and pilings reaching out like skeletal fingers into the current, reflecting the perpetually overcast sky in shimmering, broken lines. The air carries the faint, metallic tang of industry mingled with the earthy scent of moss and damp soil, a characteristic perfume of this corner of the county. This was once a bustling hub for timber and shipping, the lifeblood of St. Helens pumped through the veins of its sawmills and the ceaseless passage of barges laden with lumber destined for distant shores. The echoes of that industrial past still resonate, though the economic landscape has diversified, embracing new ventures while holding fast to its riverside identity. The historic Columbia County Courthouse, a stately brick structure, stands as a quiet testament to the town's enduring civic heart, its clock tower a familiar landmark against the often-muted sky. While not a place of grand pronouncements or bustling metropolises, St. Helens possesses a quiet dignity, a sense of settled existence where the river's patient flow dictates the pace of life, and the surrounding verdant hills offer a constant, soothing embrace.
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| Location | St. Helens, Columbia County, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 45.858964°N, 122.82123°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 97051 |
| Area Code | 503, 971 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This St. Helens, Oregon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St. Helens, 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 St. Helens includes coordinates 45.858964°N, 122.821230°W, situated in Columbia County. ZIP code 97051. 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.
