Grays Harbor, Washington Weather
Grays 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 for Grays Harbor, Grays Harbor County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Grays Harbor. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Grays Harbor is published on the Bowerman Airport (KHQM) page, 18 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. 3 airfields within reach of Grays 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 Grays Harbor: Willapa Harbor Airport (K2S9) 34 km · Sanderson Field (KSHN) 50 km
Conditions reported at KHQM describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Grays Harbor specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Grays Harbor, Washington
Grays Harbor breathes the damp, salt-laced air of Washington's Pacific coast, a wide expanse of water that gives the place its name, fringed by sturdy, wind-sculpted conifers. It lies 37.3 miles west of Tumwater, WA (from Tumwater, WA: bearing 269°T), and is situated 5.6 miles east-north-east of Aberdeen. The landscape is a study in transitions: here, the dark, rich loam of coastal prairies gives way to steep, forested slopes that plunge towards the churning grey of the Pacific, a constant murmur against the shores of Ocean Shores and Westport. Fog often hangs like a ghostly veil over the water, softening the sharp edges of the horizon and lending a quiet mystery to the scene, while on clearer days, the sun, when it breaks through, casts a pale, ethereal glow that illuminates the ceaseless motion of the waves. The economic pulse of Grays Harbor has long been tied to the sea and the forests that hug its shores, a legacy of logging and fishing that has shaped its character. For generations, the rhythm of life here has been dictated by the tides and the seasons, by the clang of machinery in sawmills and the creak of fishing boats returning to harbor. While industries shift, the deep connection to the water persists, evident in the working docks and the hardy resilience of its people, who have weathered economic storms as surely as they have faced the Pacific gales. Grays Harbor remains a place where the raw power of nature is a constant, undeniable presence, a backdrop to the lives lived out against its dramatic, ever-changing canvas.
Live animated radar for Grays 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 | Grays Harbor, Grays Harbor County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 46.995353°N, 123.701247°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 98563, 98520 |
| Area Code | 425 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Grays Harbor, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Grays 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 Grays Harbor includes coordinates 46.995353°N, 123.701247°W, situated in Grays Harbor County. ZIP code 98563, 98520. Telephone area code: 425. 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.
