Banks Lake South, Washington Weather
Banks Lake South, Washington — 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 Banks Lake South, Grant County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Banks Lake South. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Banks Lake South is published on the Wilson Creek Airport (K5W1) page, 27 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. 6 airfields within reach of Banks Lake South 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 Banks Lake South: Mansfield Airport (K8W3) 34 km · Ephrata Municipal Airport (KEPH) 40 km · Wilbur Airport (K2S8) 42 km · Grant County International Airport (KMWH) 47 km · Odessa Municipal Airport (K43D) 55 km
Conditions reported at K5W1 describe the airfield itself. Weather 27 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Banks Lake South specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Banks Lake South.
About Banks Lake South, Washington
Banks Lake South lies cradled by the stark, sculpted grandeur of the Columbia Plateau, a place where the earth's ancient story is laid bare in ochre and sage. It lies 33.9 miles east of Douglas, WA (from Douglas, WA: bearing 89°T), and is situated 19.5 miles north-north-east of Soap Lake. The land here is a testament to geological forces, vast expanses of basalt, smoothed by millennia of wind and water, rise and fall in sweeping, silent waves. The lake itself, a deep, cerulean vein against the parched landscape, reflects the immense sky, its surface often disturbed only by the occasional ripple of a passing boat or the dive of a hunting osprey. The air, especially as the sun begins its slow descent, carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the subtle fragrance of sun-baked sagebrush and the mineral tang of the earth. Even the silence here feels profound, a hushed reverence for the sheer scale of the natural world. This is a landscape born of both cataclysm and human endeavor, the lake a reservoir impounded by the Grand Coulee Dam, a colossal monument to human will and engineering. Its existence fundamentally reshaped the arid country, bringing life-giving water to lands that once knew only the sparse nourishment of the steppe. The local economy, while touched by the legacy of agricultural development and the ongoing power generation of the dam, finds a significant pulse in the recreational opportunities Banks Lake South offers. Anglers cast their lines into its depths, seeking the renowned walleye and perch, while boaters and campers embrace the wide-open spaces. The history here is not etched in grand monuments but whispered in the wind across the coulees and carried in the patient resilience of the land and its people.
Live animated radar for Banks Lake South 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 | Banks Lake South, Grant County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47.6315°N, 119.276°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 99115 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Banks Lake South, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Banks Lake South, Washington, 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 Banks Lake South includes coordinates 47.631500°N, 119.276000°W, situated in Grant County. ZIP code 99115. Telephone area code: 509. 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.
