East Cathlamet, Washington Weather
East Cathlamet, Washington — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for East Cathlamet, Wahkiakum County.
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About East Cathlamet, Washington
East Cathlamet clings to the northern bank of the mighty Columbia River, a place where the land exhales mist and the air carries the tang of salt and pine. It lies 20.9 miles west-north-west of Longview, WA (from Longview, WA: bearing 281°T), and is situated 1.5 miles north-east of Puget Island. The terrain here rises gently from the water's edge, a tapestry of dense evergreen forests that climb towards hills shrouded in the perpetual, soft gray light characteristic of this corner of the Pacific Northwest. Interspersed within these verdant slopes are small clearings, hinting at the human presence that has long since learned to coexist with the immense, brooding landscape. The river itself, a vast, moving highway of slate-colored water, dictates the very breath of East Cathlamet, its moods shaping the shoreline and influencing the quietude of the surrounding woods. This is a place where the echoes of logging and fishing still resonate, the very lifeblood of East Cathlamet for generations past. The economy, once driven by the robust timber industry that fells giants from these very hills, has diversified, though a deep respect for the forest and the river remains ingrained in the local character. Small businesses, their facades weathered by the coastal climate, serve a community that values a slower, more deliberate pace of life, a rhythm dictated less by clocks and more by the changing tides and the arc of the sun through the often-clouded sky. You can still feel the history in the air, a quiet testament to the resilience and hard work of those who first settled this remote stretch of the Columbia.
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| Location | East Cathlamet, Wahkiakum County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 46.196777°N, 123.366794°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 98612 |
| Area Code | 360 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This East Cathlamet, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for East Cathlamet, Washington, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 East Cathlamet includes coordinates 46.196777°N, 123.366794°W, situated in Wahkiakum County. ZIP code 98612. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
