Moses Lake, Washington Weather
Moses Lake, Washington — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Moses Lake, Grant County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Moses Lake. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Moses Lake is published on the Grant County International Airport (KMWH) 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 Moses Lake 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 Moses Lake: Warden Airport (K2S4) 24 km · Ephrata Municipal Airport (KEPH) 27 km · Wilson Creek Airport (K5W1) 34 km · Othello Municipal Airport (KS70) 40 km · Odessa Municipal Airport (K43D) 51 km
Conditions reported at KMWH describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Moses Lake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Moses Lake, Washington
Moses Lake lies in a broad, sun-drenched basin, an expanse of sagebrush steppe punctuated by the shimmering, cerulean presence of the lake itself. It lies 35.2 miles north-north-east of Pierce, WA (from Pierce, WA: bearing 13°T), and is situated 2.4 miles east of Cascade Valley. The land here rolls with a gentle, arid grace, its palette dominated by the muted greens and browns of dry grasses and hardy shrubs, all under a sky that often feels impossibly vast. The air, particularly in the late afternoons, carries a dry, warm kiss, tinged with the faint, earthy scent of the desert floor and the distant promise of irrigation. This is a place where the horizon seems to stretch into infinity, a land waiting for the touch of water to reveal its latent fertility. The history of Moses Lake is deeply entwined with the Columbia River Basin Project, a monumental undertaking that transformed this arid landscape into a breadbasket. The lake, once a smaller, natural body, was significantly enlarged by the project, its waters now a vital resource for the surrounding agricultural lands that produce a bounty of potatoes, corn, and alfalfa. The town itself grew alongside this agricultural expansion, becoming a hub for farming operations and related industries. Beyond its agricultural roots, Moses Lake has also cultivated a reputation for its aerospace industry, a testament to the long, straight runways left over from its past as a military airbase, now repurposed for aircraft manufacturing and testing. The rhythm of daily life here is one of purposeful industry, punctuated by the quiet beauty of the lake, a constant source of recreation and a defining feature of this unique corner of Grant County.
Live animated radar for Moses Lake 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 | Moses Lake, Grant County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47.130142°N, 119.278077°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 98837 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Moses Lake, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Moses Lake, 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 Moses Lake includes coordinates 47.130142°N, 119.278077°W, situated in Grant County. ZIP code 98837. 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.
