Monitor, Washington Weather
Monitor, 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 Monitor, Chelan County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Monitor. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Monitor is published on the Pangborn Memorial Airport (KEAT) 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. 3 airfields within reach of Monitor 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 Monitor: Bowers Field (KELN) 51 km · Lake Chelan Airport (KS10) 55 km
Conditions reported at KEAT describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Monitor specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Monitor.
About Monitor, Washington
Monitor lies in a land where the earth exhales a dry, sun-baked breath, the Columbia River carving a wide, shimmering path through the arid landscape. It lies 6.7 miles north-west of Wenatchee, WA (from Wenatchee, WA: bearing 311°T), and is situated 7.6 miles north-west of East Wenatchee. The terrain rises in broad, sun-bleached benches, sparsely dotted with hardy sagebrush and the occasional tenacious juniper, their gnarled branches reaching like supplicating hands toward the vast, cerulean sky. Here, the air itself seems to possess a certain clarity, a crystalline quality that sharpens the edges of the distant mountains and lends a profound stillness to the afternoons, broken only by the whisper of wind through dry grasses. The very light, especially as the day draws toward its close, pools in the shallow canyons and spills across the open plains with a liquid gold that softens the starkness of the land. This corner of Chelan County has long been shaped by the powerful currents of the Columbia, its waters a lifeblood for the orchards that now flourish where arid scrub once dominated. The fertile alluvial soil, a legacy of glacial and riverine action, draws its bounty from the river and the relentless sun, supporting a vibrant agricultural economy centered on apples, cherries, and wine grapes. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of this rich land and the potential for irrigation, began to transform the landscape, their endeavors echoing in the remnants of old farmsteads and the enduring spirit of hard work that still characterizes Monitor. The distant hum of machinery, the rumble of trucks hauling produce, and the quiet satisfaction of a harvest well-earned form the persistent, understated soundtrack to life in Monitor, a place where the land's generosity is met with a deep and abiding respect.
Live animated radar for Monitor 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 | Monitor, Chelan County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47.486792°N, 120.418133°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 98836 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Monitor, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Monitor, 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 Monitor includes coordinates 47.486792°N, 120.418133°W, situated in Chelan County. ZIP code 98836. 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.
