Parker, Washington Weather
Parker, 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 Parker, Yakima County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Parker. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Parker is published on the Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field (KYKM) page, 10 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 Parker 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 Parker: Sunnyside Municipal Airport (K1S5) 43 km · Bowers Field (KELN) 59 km
Conditions reported at KYKM describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Parker specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Parker.
About Parker, Washington
Parker rests on the broad, sun-baked floor of the Yakima Valley, where the land stretches out in vast, irrigated grids, a patchwork quilt of greens and golds under an immense sky. It lies 7.2 miles south-south-east of Yakima, WA (from Yakima, WA: bearing 165°T), and is situated 7.4 miles south of Terrace Heights. The distant shoulders of the Cascade foothills, a hazy purple in the afternoon light, form a constant, quiet backdrop to the meticulous cultivation that defines this place. Here, the air itself often carries a subtle, sweet perfume, a mingling of ripening fruit and sun-warmed earth, a scent that clings to everything like a second skin. The streets of Parker are wide and unpretentious, lined with sturdy, low-slung buildings that speak of practical purpose rather than ostentation, and the quiet hum of irrigation pumps is the ever-present soundtrack to daily life. The history of Parker is intrinsically tied to the transformation of this arid land through ingenious irrigation, a story of human will bending the wild landscape to the bounty of agriculture. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile soil and the relentless sunshine, carved out a living from what was once a starker terrain, and their legacy is evident in the enduring orchards and vineyards that still form the backbone of Parker's economy. This is a place where the harvest dictates the rhythm of the year, where the promise of cherries, apples, and hops fills the summer air with anticipation and the autumn with a deep satisfaction. While not a place of grand historical monuments, Parker holds a quiet dignity in its ongoing dedication to the land and the generations who have worked it, a continuous thread of labor and growth that continues to shape its character.
Live animated radar for Parker 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 | Parker, Yakima County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 46.50096°N, 120.465341°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 98951, 98939 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Parker, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Parker, 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 Parker includes coordinates 46.500960°N, 120.465341°W, situated in Yakima County. ZIP code 98951, 98939. 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.
