Friday Harbor, Washington Weather
Friday Harbor, 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 Friday Harbor, San Juan County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Friday Harbor. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Friday Harbor is published on the Friday Harbor Airport (KFHR) page, 1 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 Friday Harbor 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 Friday Harbor: Orcas Island Airport (KORS) 21 km · Anacortes Airport (K74S) 26 km · Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (Ault Field) (KNUW) 34 km · AJ Eisenberg Airport (KOKH) 40 km · Skagit Regional Airport (KBVS) 44 km
Conditions reported at KFHR describe the airfield itself. Weather 1 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Friday Harbor specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Friday Harbor.
About Friday Harbor, Washington
Friday Harbor unfurls along the southeastern edge of San Juan Island, a harbor town where the water’s deep, cool breath is a constant companion. It lies 28.7 miles west-south-west of Bellingham, WA (from Bellingham, WA: bearing 237°T), and is situated 3.0 miles east-south-east of San Juan. The landscape here is a gentle sweep of rolling hills, swathed in evergreen forests that spill down to meet the restless Salish Sea. The light, especially in the late afternoon, possesses a remarkable clarity, catching the glint of distant ferry wakes and the iridescent sheen on the slick, dark rocks that fringe the shore. The air itself feels scrubbed clean, carrying the faint, briny tang of kelp and the distant, mournful cry of gulls, a sound that seems to echo the very soul of this island haven. This is a place with a history as rich and varied as the tides that shape its coastline. Once a vital hub for the fur trade and later for the booming salmon canneries, Friday Harbor’s economy now leans heavily on tourism and the omnipresent ferry service that connects it to the mainland. The Orca Network’s whale museum stands as a testament to the region’s deep connection with marine life, a profound kinship that resonates in the very character of the town. You can feel the legacy of hardy mariners and island homesteaders in the weathered wood of the docks and the stoic resilience of the historic buildings that line the waterfront, each whisper of the past a quiet counterpoint to the vibrant, present-day hum of life.
Live animated radar for Friday Harbor 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 | Friday Harbor, San Juan County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 48.534266°N, 123.017124°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 98250 |
| Area Code | 206, 253 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Friday Harbor, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Friday Harbor, 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 Friday Harbor includes coordinates 48.534266°N, 123.017124°W, situated in San Juan County. ZIP code 98250. Telephone area code: 206, 253. 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.
