Parker, Washington Weather
Parker, Washington — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Parker, Yakima County.
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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.
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| 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 | July 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, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
