Hay, Washington Weather
Hay, 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 Hay, Whitman County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Hay. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Hay is published on the Little Goose State Airport (K16W) page, 12 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. 2 airfields within reach of Hay 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 Hay: Lower Granite State Airport (K00W) 36 km
Conditions reported at K16W describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hay specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hay.
About Hay, Washington
Hay rests in a broad, fertile basin, a place where the Palouse hills roll in endless, velvety waves under a sky that seems to stretch forever. It lies 35.1 miles west of Pullman, WA (from Pullman, WA: bearing 264°T), and is situated 24.7 miles north of Dayton. The land here is a rich, ochre tapestry, deeply furrowed by countless seasons of cultivation, its contours softened by the caress of wind and sun. In the early morning, a pearlescent mist often clings to the lower hollows, lending an ethereal quality to the already majestic sweep of the landscape, a quiet testament to the immense forces that shaped this earth. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faint, sweet perfume of growing wheat and the wildness of the surrounding prairie. The story of Hay is intrinsically linked to the golden grain that has sustained it for generations, the wheat fields that paint the hillsides in hues of amber and gold during the summer months. This is a place where the local economy has long been tethered to the bounty of the soil, where the rhythm of planting and harvest dictates the pace of life. The town itself, a compact collection of buildings, speaks of a simpler era, of hardy pioneers who carved a life from this expansive terrain. Though now a quiet corner of Whitman County, Hay once buzzed with the activity of a burgeoning agricultural hub, its fortunes tied to the ceaseless, dependable cycle of the earth, a legacy that whispers in the rustle of the wind through the tall grasses.
Live animated radar for Hay 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 | Hay, Whitman County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 46.678763°N, 117.915774°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 99136 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hay, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hay, 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 Hay includes coordinates 46.678763°N, 117.915774°W, situated in Whitman County. ZIP code 99136. 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.
