Goldendale, Washington Weather
Goldendale, 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 Goldendale, Klickitat County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Goldendale. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Goldendale is published on the Goldendale Airport (KS20) page, 2 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 Goldendale 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 Goldendale: Wasco State Airport (K35S) 28 km · Columbia Gorge Regional Airport (KDLS) 35 km · Ken Jernstedt Airfield (K4S2) 58 km
Conditions reported at KS20 describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Goldendale specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Goldendale.
About Goldendale, Washington
Goldendale unfolds across a high plateau, a place where the vast, blue dome of the sky seems to press down with an almost tangible weight. It lies 56.1 miles south-south-west of Yakima, WA (from Yakima, WA: bearing 196°T), and is situated 15.9 miles east of Klickitat. Rolling hills, clad in the muted greens and golds of dry grasses and scattered ponderosa pines, stretch towards the distant, snow-capped peaks of the Cascade Mountains, a formidable, majestic backdrop. The air itself carries a crisp, clean scent, a mingling of sagebrush and the faintest hint of sun-baked earth, and in the twilight, the western sky often ignites in a breathtaking spectacle of fiery oranges and bruised purples, painting the landscape with a fleeting, ethereal light. The town itself, a cluster of modest buildings, feels grounded and enduring, a quiet sentinel in this expansive country. The history of Goldendale is etched in the very grain of its land, a story shaped by the hardy souls who first sought fortune and then settled into the quiet rhythm of agricultural life. Once a hub for sheep ranching and later for fruit orchards, the local economy now finds its strength in a diversified agricultural base, with wheat fields rippling like a golden sea under the summer sun. The echoes of its past are visible in the sturdy, weathered architecture of its downtown, and a notable attraction is the Goldendale Observatory, perched on a nearby hill, a beacon for stargazers drawn to the remarkably clear, unpolluted night skies that are a signature of this high desert locale. The pace of life in Goldendale is unhurried, a reflection of the broad horizons and the enduring spirit of its people.
Live animated radar for Goldendale 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 | Goldendale, Klickitat County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 45.820679°N, 120.821731°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 98620 |
| Area Code | 360 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Goldendale, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Goldendale, 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 Goldendale includes coordinates 45.820679°N, 120.821731°W, situated in Klickitat County. ZIP code 98620. 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. 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.
