Electric City, Washington Weather
Electric 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 Electric City, Grant County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Electric City. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Electric City is published on the Wilbur Airport (K2S8) page, 30 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 Electric 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 Electric City: Mansfield Airport (K8W3) 47 km · Anderson Field (KS97) 54 km · Wilson Creek Airport (K5W1) 57 km
Conditions reported at K2S8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Electric City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Electric City.
About Electric City, Washington
Electric City lies at the edge of a vast, sun-baked plain, where the earth stretches out in muted ochres and dusty greens, broken only by the occasional sparse shrub. It lies 16.1 miles west of Clark, WA (from Clark, WA: bearing 271°T), and is situated 3.7 miles south-west of Coulee Dam. The air here carries a dry, almost brittle quality, a constant whisper of the wind that shapes the land with slow, persistent hands. Distant buttes rise like ancient, weathered teeth on the horizon, their slopes softened by a haze that seems to absorb the sharp edges of the world. The sky above is an immense, unbroken dome, often a piercing blue, but capable of transforming into a bruised, dramatic canvas as storms gather, their shadows racing across the landscape. Even the sparse vegetation, hardy and resilient, seems to lean into the wind, a testament to the enduring spirit of this open country. The story of Electric City is inextricably linked to the Columbia River and the monumental dams that harness its power. This was a place born of ambition, built to serve the needs of a burgeoning industrial age, its very name a nod to the electricity that flowed from the nearby waters. The economy here has long been tied to the river's bounty and the energy it provides, influencing the lives and livelihoods of its residents. Though the grand projects are the dominant features, smaller, more intimate rhythms define Electric City – the quiet hum of machinery, the distant rumble of traffic on the highway, and the slow, deliberate pace of life where the sun dictates much of the day's activity. The water, though not always visible from the heart of Electric City, remains a constant, unseen presence, shaping the land and the lives it sustains.
Live animated radar for Electric 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 | Electric City, Grant County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47.932374°N, 119.038078°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 99123 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Electric City, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Electric 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 Electric City includes coordinates 47.932374°N, 119.038078°W, situated in Grant County. ZIP code 99123. 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.
