Cook, Washington Weather
Cook, 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 Cook, Skamania County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Cook. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Cook is published on the Ken Jernstedt Airfield (K4S2) page, 10 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. 4 airfields within reach of Cook 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 Cook: Cascade Locks State Airport (KCZK) 17 km · Columbia Gorge Regional Airport (KDLS) 39 km · Sandy River Airport (K03S) 56 km
Conditions reported at K4S2 describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cook specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cook.
About Cook, Washington
Cook rests in a deep valley, where the shoulders of the Cascade foothills begin to hunch towards the sky. It lies 36.7 miles east-north-east of Camas, WA (from Camas, WA: bearing 76°T), and is situated 6.7 miles west of Hood River. The air here, even in the height of summer, carries a persistent dampness, a scent of fallen needles and the cool breath of unseen watercourses. Great firs and cedars, ancient sentinels, crowd the slopes, their dark green canopies a dense, unbroken blanket that softens the harsh angles of the terrain. Sunlight, when it breaks through, falls in broad, luminous shafts, illuminating patches of fern and moss with an almost ethereal glow, a fleeting benediction on the shadowed forest floor. The land itself feels ancient, worn smooth by the passage of untold seasons, a quiet testament to the enduring power of the wild. The history of Cook is as deeply rooted as the trees that surround it, a story told not in grand pronouncements but in the whisper of the wind through the boughs. Once, this valley echoed with the thud of axes and the roar of logging operations, the lifeblood of a community built on the bounty of the forest. While the great mills are now silent relics, their ghosts perhaps still linger in the murmur of the nearby river, a constant, silvery thread that once powered the industry of Cook. Today, a quieter rhythm prevails; the economy is sustained by a blend of small-scale agriculture, the enduring allure of the surrounding natural beauty drawing visitors who seek solace and adventure in the wild heart of Skamania County. The legacy of those who worked this land, their lives intertwined with its cycles, is not forgotten, but woven into the very character of this secluded place.
Live animated radar for Cook 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 | Cook, Skamania County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 45.710396°N, 121.660074°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 98605 |
| Area Code | 360 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cook, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cook, 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 Cook includes coordinates 45.710396°N, 121.660074°W, situated in Skamania County. ZIP code 98605. Telephone area code: 360. 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.
