Lake Ketchum, Washington Weather
Lake Ketchum, 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 Lake Ketchum, Snohomish County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Lake Ketchum. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Lake Ketchum is published on the Arlington Municipal Airport (KAWO) page, 19 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. 6 airfields within reach of Lake Ketchum 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 Lake Ketchum: Skagit Regional Airport (KBVS) 22 km · Coupeville Nolf Airport (KNRA) 24 km · Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (Ault Field) (KNUW) 24 km · AJ Eisenberg Airport (KOKH) 25 km · Anacortes Airport (K74S) 34 km
Conditions reported at KAWO describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lake Ketchum specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lake Ketchum.
About Lake Ketchum, Washington
Lake Ketchum slumbers in a hollow of verdant, rolling hills, a place where the air hums with the drone of unseen insects and the scent of damp earth rises from the surrounding forest floor. It lies 9.5 miles south of Mount Vernon, WA (from Mount Vernon, WA: bearing 183°T), and is situated 3.2 miles north-north-east of Stanwood. Ancient cedars and firs, their bark grooved like the faces of old storytellers, crowd the shoreline, their boughs dipping low to kiss the placid, dark waters. The light, when it filters through the dense canopy, is a soft, emerald luminescence, painting shifting patterns on the moss-covered stones that edge the lake. A quiet stillness pervades this pocket of Snohomish County, broken only by the rustle of leaves, the distant call of a loon, or the gentle lapping of water against the shore, a sound that seems to whisper secrets of the woods. This quiet corner of the county carries the echoes of a past tied to the land, where logging once defined the pulse of life, the scent of sawdust a constant companion to the pine-heavy air. Though the great trees have long since fallen, their memory lingers in the weathered barns and the enduring spirit of self-reliance that still characterizes Lake Ketchum. Today, the economy is more diffused, relying on the quiet allure of the lake itself, drawing those who seek solace in its natural beauty, and the small businesses that cater to a steady, unhurried flow of visitors and residents. The local character is one of contented repose, a place where time moves with the slow, deliberate grace of the seasons, and the evening sky often blooms with a breathtaking display of fiery oranges and deep violets, a silent spectacle against the darkening silhouette of the trees.
Live animated radar for Lake Ketchum 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 | Lake Ketchum, Snohomish County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 48.284545°N, 122.344044°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 98292 |
| Area Code | 206, 253 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lake Ketchum, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lake Ketchum, 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 Lake Ketchum includes coordinates 48.284545°N, 122.344044°W, situated in Snohomish County. ZIP code 98292. Telephone area code: 206, 253. 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.
