Othello, Washington Weather
Othello, 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 Othello, Adams County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Othello. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Othello is published on the Othello Municipal Airport (KS70) page, 8 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. 5 airfields within reach of Othello 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 Othello: Warden Airport (K2S4) 18 km · Grant County International Airport (KMWH) 44 km · Richland Airport (KRLD) 59 km · Ephrata Municipal Airport (KEPH) 59 km
Conditions reported at KS70 describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Othello specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Othello, Washington
Othello sits under an immense sky, a place where the land rolls out like a rumpled, sun-baked blanket towards horizons that seem to stretch into forever. It lies 18.6 miles north-east of Pierce, WA (from Pierce, WA: bearing 45°T), and is situated 18.6 miles north-west of Connell. The terrain here is not dramatic, but possesses a quiet, persistent character, a vastness that humbles and expands the spirit simultaneously. Fields of wheat and alfalfa, etched with the straight lines of irrigation, paint the landscape in shades of gold and green, a testament to the fertile if arid earth. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, clean scent, a subtle perfume of dust and growing things, and the light can turn impossibly soft, bathing everything in a warm, honeyed glow as the day begins to wane. The story of Othello is deeply intertwined with the Columbia Basin Project, a monumental undertaking that brought water and life to this dry country in the mid-20th century. Before that, it was a quieter existence, a place for ranchers and homesteaders who understood the patience required by this land. Today, agriculture remains the lifeblood, the steady pulse of Othello, with crops thriving under the careful management of water that was once a scarce commodity. The town itself has a practical, unpretentious feel, a collection of buildings that serve the needs of its people, a place where the day’s work often begins before the sun has fully cleared the eastern expanse. There's a quiet dignity to Othello, a sense of resilience born from wrestling sustenance from this wide-open, sun-drenched corner of Washington.
Live animated radar for Othello 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 | Othello, Adams County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 46.825974°N, 119.175291°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 99344 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Othello, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Othello, 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 Othello includes coordinates 46.825974°N, 119.175291°W, situated in Adams County. ZIP code 99344. 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.
