Buena, Washington Weather
Buena, 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 Buena, Yakima County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Buena. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Buena is published on the Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field (KYKM) page, 24 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 Buena 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 Buena: Sunnyside Municipal Airport (K1S5) 29 km · Prosser Airport (KS40) 47 km
Conditions reported at KYKM describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Buena specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Buena.
About Buena, Washington
Buena rests in a broad, sun-drenched valley, a place where the earth opens its palm to the sky. It lies 15.1 miles south-east of Yakima, WA (from Yakima, WA: bearing 143°T), and is situated 3.6 miles north of Toppenish. The land rolls with the patient grace of ancient hills, their slopes softened by a patchwork of fields that shift in hue with the seasons. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, clean scent, mingling the dust of the roads with the fainter sweetness of ripening fruit. A gentle breeze often stirs the tall grasses that fringe the cultivated lands, a whisper of the wider, wilder country that presses in from the edges of human endeavor. The sky, vast and intensely blue, seems to press down on the landscape, imbuing everything with a sense of spaciousness and quietude. The story of Buena is written in the irrigation ditches that crisscross its fertile soil, a testament to the ingenuity that tamed this arid land for agriculture. For generations, the economy of Buena has been tied to the bounty of the orchards and vineyards that stretch across the valley floor, the sweet scent of apples and cherries a constant, subtle perfume. This is a place shaped by the cycles of growth and harvest, a rhythm that governs the days and seasons. While not boasting grand monuments, Buena holds a quiet dignity, a feeling of rootedness in the earth and in the shared labor that has sustained it. The land itself, worked and tended, feels like a living entity, a partner in the enduring legacy of this valley.
Live animated radar for Buena 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 | Buena, Yakima County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 46.42874°N, 120.31339°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 98921 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Buena, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Buena, 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 Buena includes coordinates 46.428740°N, 120.313390°W, situated in Yakima County. ZIP code 98921. 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.
