Marlin, 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 Marlin, Grant County.
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Marlin breathes the quietude of the expansive high desert plateau, where rolling hills, softened by millennia of wind and sun, meet a sky that feels impossibly vast. It lies 23.6 miles north-east of Moses Lake, WA (from Moses Lake, WA: bearing 36°T), and is situated 14.7 miles west-north-west of Odessa. Sagebrush and hardy grasses carpet the land, their muted greens and browns stretching towards a horizon often etched with the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Columbia River's basalt formations. The air here carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the subtle perfume of sun-baked earth and the occasional wild bloom, and in the late afternoon, the light can be a painterly wash of amber and rose, giving the landscape a luminous, almost ethereal quality. The terrain itself is a study in patient erosion, a gentle, sweeping expanse that invites contemplation of the immense forces that shaped it. The history of Marlin is written in the dust and the enduring spirit of its people, a story tied intrinsically to the agricultural bounty coaxed from this arid land. Generations have worked the soil, their livelihoods dependent on the careful stewardship of water and the resilience to face unpredictable seasons. The local economy, though modest, is built upon the bedrock of farming and ranching, a testament to the persistent endeavor of those who found a way to thrive in this challenging, yet beautiful, environment. While no grand monuments mark its past, the quiet dignity of Marlin itself, a place where the rhythm of life is dictated by the sun and the seasons, stands as a distinctive landmark, a quiet assertion of human presence in a landscape of profound natural grandeur.
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| Location | Marlin, Grant County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47.407368°N, 118.985009°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 98832 |
| 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 Marlin, 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 Marlin includes coordinates 47.407368°N, 118.985009°W, situated in Grant County. ZIP code 98832. 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.