Ione, Washington Weather
Ione, 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 Ione, Pend Oreille County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Ione. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Ione is published on the Priest River Municipal Airport (K1S6) page, 72 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.
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.
Conditions reported at K1S6 describe the airfield itself. Weather 72 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ione specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ione.
About Ione, Washington
Ione rests in a broad valley, a shallow bowl cupped by the rising slopes of the Selkirk Mountains. It lies 73.9 miles north-north-west of Post Falls, ID (from Post Falls, ID: bearing 343°T), and is situated 21.6 miles north-north-west of Pend Oreille. The Pend Oreille River, a broad, slow-moving artery, hums with a deep, resonant stillness, its surface often mirroring the bruised purples and soft greys of the sky. The land here is a patchwork of cleared fields, where the soil, a rich, dark loam, yields to cultivation, and the dense, evergreen forests that climb the hillsides, their shadowed depths holding the cool, damp scent of pine and moss. The air, especially in the mornings, carries a crispness that bites gently at the lungs, a clean draught drawn from the wilderness. The history of Ione is intrinsically tied to the bounty of the land and the river. Logging once shaped its economy, the scent of cut timber a constant presence, and remnants of that era can still be glimpsed in the weathered facades of older buildings. The river itself, a vital artery for transport and commerce in its formative years, continues to offer a quiet beauty, its banks a favored spot for reflection. Though the roar of heavy industry has softened, a resilient spirit endures, a quiet persistence born from generations who have learned to live in concert with the rhythms of the valley. The nearby national forest provides a constant reminder of the untamed beauty that surrounds Ione, a wild heart beating just beyond the edge of settlement.
Live animated radar for Ione 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 | Ione, Pend Oreille County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 48.741026°N, 117.417189°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 99139 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ione, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ione, 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 Ione includes coordinates 48.741026°N, 117.417189°W, situated in Pend Oreille County. ZIP code 99139. 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.
