LaCrosse, Washington — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for LaCrosse, Whitman County.
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LaCrosse rests in a broad, sun-drenched bowl of rolling Palouse hills. It lies 33.7 miles west of Pullman, WA (from Pullman, WA: bearing 280°T), and is situated 24.9 miles west of Colfax. The land here is a study in gentle, sweeping curves, fields of wheat and barley stretching to the horizon like a vast, golden ocean under a sky that often seems impossibly large and blue. In the late afternoon, the light softens, painting the landscape in hues of amber and rose, and the air, carrying the dry scent of sun-baked earth and ripening grain, settles with a quiet stillness. The houses of LaCrosse, modest and well-kept, cluster together as if for warmth against the wide-open spaces, their roofs catching the last rays of the sun. This is a place shaped by the bounty of the earth and the perseverance of those who worked it. For generations, the economy of LaCrosse has been inextricably linked to the fertile soil, with wheat farming forming the backbone of its existence. The town itself, while small, holds a palpable sense of history, a quiet testament to the lives lived and the crops harvested. You can still feel the echoes of the early settlers, their dreams etched into the very lay of the land. While not a hub of industry, LaCrosse thrives on its agricultural roots, a steady pulse beating through its local businesses and the lives of its residents, a community that knows the value of hard work and the quiet satisfaction of a good harvest.
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| Location | LaCrosse, Whitman County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 46.814045°N, 117.881883°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 99143 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for LaCrosse, Washington, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 LaCrosse includes coordinates 46.814045°N, 117.881883°W, situated in Whitman County. ZIP code 99143. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.