Garfield, Washington Weather
Garfield, 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 Garfield, Whitman County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Garfield. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Garfield is published on the Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport (KPUW) 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 Garfield 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 Garfield: Rosalia Municipal Airport (K72S) 33 km · Lower Granite State Airport (K00W) 44 km · Jack A Buell Airport (KS72) 55 km
Conditions reported at KPUW describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Garfield specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Garfield.
About Garfield, Washington
Garfield rests in a vast expanse of rolling Palouse hills, a landscape sculpted by wind and water into soft, sweeping curves that stretch towards horizons often softened by a hazy, golden light. It lies 19.2 miles north of Pullman, WA (from Pullman, WA: bearing 5°T), and is situated 7.4 miles north-north-west of Palouse. The earth here is a rich, deep ochre, especially vibrant after a spring rain, and the cultivated fields, a patchwork of wheat, lentils, and peas, follow the land's natural contours with an almost organic grace. In the summer, the air hums with the low drone of unseen insects, and the wind, when it stirs, carries the dry, sweet scent of ripening grain. The sky above Garfield feels immense, a boundless canvas for the dramatic cloud formations that gather and dissipate with a painter's casual stroke, and the silence here is not an emptiness, but a presence, a deep quietude broken only by the occasional bark of a distant dog or the rumble of a tractor. This quietude belies a history tied to the bounty of the land, a story of hardy pioneers who saw in these hills the promise of sustenance and prosperity. Garfield's economy has long been anchored by agriculture, the grain elevators standing as stoic sentinels to the ceaseless cycle of planting and harvest that has defined life here for generations. The town itself, a compact collection of weathered buildings, reflects this heritage, its streets lined with businesses that cater to the needs of the surrounding farms and ranches. While modern conveniences have arrived, a palpable sense of continuity remains, a recognition of the generations who have labored and lived upon this fertile ground, their lives interwoven with the very rhythm of the seasons and the enduring character of Garfield.
Live animated radar for Garfield 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 | Garfield, Whitman County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47.007949°N, 117.141007°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 99130 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Garfield, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Garfield, 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 Garfield includes coordinates 47.007949°N, 117.141007°W, situated in Whitman County. ZIP code 99130. 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.
