Pataha, Washington Weather
Pataha, 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 Pataha, Garfield County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Pataha. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Pataha is published on the Lower Granite State Airport (K00W) page, 23 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. 4 airfields within reach of Pataha 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 Pataha: Little Goose State Airport (K16W) 38 km · Lewiston Nez Perce County Airport (KLWS) 42 km · Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport (KPUW) 44 km
Conditions reported at K00W describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Pataha specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Pataha.
About Pataha, Washington
Pataha lies in a sweep of rolling country, where the land rises and falls like a slow, sleeping breath. It lies 24.6 miles south-west of Pullman, WA (from Pullman, WA: bearing 224°T), and is situated 3.1 miles east of Pomeroy. The sky here is an immense canvas, often a pale, washed blue, stretching from horizon to horizon, and the air carries the dry, clean scent of sun-baked earth and wild grasses. Fields of wheat, a rippling sea of gold when ripe, give way to darker patches of tilled soil, and the occasional cluster of cottonwood trees offers a brief, vibrant green against the muted tones of the landscape. The Palouse River, a silver ribbon, threads its way through the terrain, its banks softened by willow and alder, its murmur a constant, quiet song beneath the vast openness. The history of Pataha is tied to the rich soil and the arduous efforts of those who first coaxed sustenance from it. Generations have worked these lands, their lives dictated by the seasons and the bounty of the earth, an economy built on the back of grain cultivation. The character of Pataha is one of quiet perseverance, a stoic resilience born from living under wide skies and contending with the elements. While not a place of grand monuments, the enduring fields themselves, stretching to the farthest reach of sight, stand as a testament to the deep connection between the people and this particular stretch of Garfield County.
Live animated radar for Pataha 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 | Pataha, Garfield County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 46.473208°N, 117.536574°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 99347 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Pataha, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pataha, 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 Pataha includes coordinates 46.473208°N, 117.536574°W, situated in Garfield County. ZIP code 99347. 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.
