Marlin, Washington Weather
Marlin, 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 Marlin, Grant County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Marlin. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Marlin is published on the Wilson Creek Airport (K5W1) page, 9 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 Marlin 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 Marlin: Odessa Municipal Airport (K43D) 24 km · Grant County International Airport (KMWH) 34 km · Ephrata Municipal Airport (KEPH) 42 km · Wilbur Airport (K2S8) 43 km · Warden Airport (K2S4) 50 km
Conditions reported at K5W1 describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Marlin specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Marlin.
About Marlin, Washington
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.
Live animated radar for Marlin 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 | 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 | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Marlin, Washington Weather Page
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, 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 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. 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.
