Blaine, Washington Weather
Blaine, 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 Blaine, Whatcom County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Blaine. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Blaine is published on the Bellingham International Airport (KBLI) 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. 3 airfields within reach of Blaine 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 Blaine: Orcas Island Airport (KORS) 34 km · Anacortes Airport (K74S) 55 km
Conditions reported at KBLI describe the airfield itself. Weather 27 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Blaine specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Blaine.
About Blaine, Washington
Blaine sits where the salt air, thick with the briny tang of the Salish Sea, washes over a landscape of low, rolling hills and wide, shallow bays. It lies 20.0 miles north-west of Bellingham, WA (from Bellingham, WA: bearing 324°T), and is situated 5.2 miles north of Birch Bay. The sky here often hangs a pale, pearlescent grey, a soft diffusion of light that lends a muted beauty to the scattered pines and the marshy edges of the Drayton Harbor. Roads wind through a patchwork of fields, some fallow, others yielding crops that speak of the cool, damp climate, and the air carries the distant hum of traffic from the international border, a constant, low thrumming beneath the cries of gulls. This northernmost gateway to Washington State carries the echoes of its past as a vital port and a hub for fishing and logging industries. The waterfront, still dotted with the weathered structures of a bygone era, hints at the bustling activity that once defined Blaine’s economy, a time when boats laden with timber and catch would ply these waters. Today, while remnants of those traditions persist, the town also finds its pulse in the cross-border commerce and the growing tourism drawn to its accessible beaches and the natural allure of the surrounding coastline. The distinctive Peace Arch, a monument to enduring amity, stands as a quiet sentinel, a testament to the unique position Blaine occupies, bridging two nations.
Live animated radar for Blaine 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 | Blaine, Whatcom County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 48.993723°N, 122.747119°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 98230, 98231 |
| Area Code | 206, 253 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Blaine, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Blaine, 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 Blaine includes coordinates 48.993723°N, 122.747119°W, situated in Whatcom County. ZIP code 98230, 98231. Telephone area code: 206, 253. 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.
