Brownstown, Washington Weather
Brownstown, 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 Brownstown, Yakima County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Brownstown. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Brownstown is published on the Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field (KYKM) page, 19 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 Brownstown 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 Brownstown: Sunnyside Municipal Airport (K1S5) 50 km
Conditions reported at KYKM describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Brownstown specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Brownstown.
About Brownstown, Washington
Brownstown rests in a broad, sun-baked basin, where the land rises in a series of gentle, ochre-colored slopes towards the distant, blue-hazed shoulders of the Cascade foothills. It lies 14.5 miles south-south-west of Yakima, WA (from Yakima, WA: bearing 199°T), and is situated 9.4 miles west-south-west of Wapato. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, clean scent, a mixture of dust and the subtle perfume of sagebrush, and the light, as it begins its slow descent, seems to thicken, painting the sparse fields of alfalfa and the scattered homesteads in hues of honey and pale gold. The Yakima River, a ribbon of muted silver under this vast sky, threads its way through the valley floor, its presence a constant, quiet murmur that underpins the stillness of the landscape. The history of Brownstown is deeply entwined with the arid bounty of this land, an agricultural testament to human perseverance and ingenuity. For generations, this place has been shaped by the tireless efforts to coax life from the soil, primarily through the cultivation of apples, cherries, and hops, their cultivation a steady pulse in the local economy. Evidence of earlier aspirations can still be glimpsed in the weathered barns and the faint, overgrown tracks that hint at lives lived and dreams pursued in this corner of Yakima County. While not a place of grand pronouncements, Brownstown carries a quiet dignity, a reflection of the enduring spirit of those who have called this sun-drenched basin home.
Live animated radar for Brownstown 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 | Brownstown, Yakima County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 46.404293°N, 120.60701°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 98933, 98920, 98908 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Brownstown, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Brownstown, 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 Brownstown includes coordinates 46.404293°N, 120.607010°W, situated in Yakima County. ZIP code 98933, 98920, 98908. 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.
