Lake McMurray, Washington Weather
Lake McMurray, 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 Lake McMurray, Skagit County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lake McMurray.
About Lake McMurray, Washington
Lake McMurray rests in a landscape shaped by glacial retreat, its waters a placid reflection of the surrounding hills. It lies 8.8 miles south-south-east of Mount Vernon, WA (from Mount Vernon, WA: bearing 148°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north-north-west of Arlington. The terrain here is a soft, yielding embrace of green, where Douglas fir and western red cedar stand sentinel, their boughs often heavy with the persistent mist that drifts in from the Puget Sound. The air, when it’s not damp, carries the clean scent of pine needles and the faint, mineral tang of the lake itself. Along the shore, alder trees lean precariously, their roots exposed like gnarled knuckles gripping the damp earth, and in the summer months, the air hums with the low drone of dragonflies and the distant splash of unseen fish. This place, Lake McMurray, holds the quiet echoes of its past, a history intertwined with the logging industry that once defined the Skagit Valley. The timber barons are long gone, but the legacy remains in the stumps that dot the forest floor and the weathered barns that still dot the open fields. Today, the economy is a gentler blend, with small farms producing berries and dairy, and a growing appreciation for the natural beauty that draws visitors for its fishing and quiet recreation. The lake’s surface, a shifting canvas of blues and greys, often catches the late afternoon sun, casting a warm, golden light that seems to linger a little longer here, a subtle invitation to slow down.
Live animated radar for Lake McMurray 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.
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| Location | Lake McMurray, Skagit County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 48.314227°N, 122.231928°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 98274 |
| Area Code | 206, 253 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lake McMurray, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lake McMurray, 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 Lake McMurray includes coordinates 48.314227°N, 122.231928°W, situated in Skagit County. ZIP code 98274. 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. 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.
