Coulee City, Washington Weather
Coulee City, 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 Coulee City, Grant County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Coulee City. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Coulee City is published on the Wilson Creek Airport (K5W1) page, 26 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 Coulee City 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 Coulee City: Mansfield Airport (K8W3) 34 km · Ephrata Municipal Airport (KEPH) 38 km · Wilbur Airport (K2S8) 44 km · Grant County International Airport (KMWH) 45 km · Odessa Municipal Airport (K43D) 55 km
Conditions reported at K5W1 describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Coulee City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Coulee City.
About Coulee City, Washington
Coulee City sits on the edge of vast, sun-baked expanses, where the land folds and stretches in a quiet, stoic manner. It lies 33.2 miles east of Douglas, WA (from Douglas, WA: bearing 91°T), and is situated 19.1 miles north-north-east of Lakeview. The terrain here is a study in muted earth tones, ochre and umber bleeding into the pale, dusty green of hardy grasses that cling to the rolling hills and shallow valleys. The sky overhead is an immense canvas, often a startling, vivid blue, and when clouds do gather, they drift with a stately grandeur, casting slow-moving shadows that momentarily soften the stark beauty of the landscape. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faint perfume of sagebrush, and the silence is profound, broken only by the whisper of wind or the distant call of a hawk circling in the boundless heavens. The history of Coulee City is deeply entwined with the monumental engineering feat of the Grand Coulee Dam, a project that reshaped not only the land but also the destinies of those who settled here. Originally a small agricultural community, its fortunes shifted dramatically with the dam's construction, bringing a surge of workers and a new economic impetus to the region. Today, while agriculture remains a bedrock, tourism, particularly centered around the vast network of lakes and waterways created by the dam’s reservoir system, now forms a significant part of Coulee City’s economic life. Boaters and anglers are drawn to Banks Lake and the Columbia River, finding solace and recreation in the shimmering waters that contrast with the arid surroundings. The character of Coulee City is one of resilience and adaptation, a place where the echoes of grand endeavors mingle with the steady hum of everyday life.
Live animated radar for Coulee City 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 | Coulee City, Grant County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47.611256°N, 119.29225°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 Coulee City, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Coulee City, 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 Coulee City includes coordinates 47.611256°N, 119.292250°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.
