Port Townsend, Washington Weather
Port Townsend, 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 for Port Townsend, Jefferson County.
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About Port Townsend, Washington
Port Townsend, a jewel at the northeastern tip of the Olympic Peninsula, exhales a salty, pine-scented air that seems to carry whispers of the sea and the deep forests behind it. It lies 10.0 miles west-south-west of Island, WA (from Island, WA: bearing 236°T), and is situated 5.7 miles north of Port Hadlock-Irondale. Here, the land swells and recedes, a gentle hem of hills giving way to the expansive, steel-blue embrace of Puget Sound, its waters often a mirror to the dramatic skies that shift from brooding grey to an incandescent gold at dusk. Victorian homes, their gingerbread trim intricate as seafoam, climb the slopes overlooking the harbor, a silent testament to an era of grand ambitions, their steep gables and turreted roofs catching the light like forgotten sails. The shorelines are a mosaic of driftwood bleached silver by the sun and tide, pebbles smoothed by countless waves, and the occasional, startling violet of sea anemones clinging to rocks exposed at low ebb. The economic currents of Port Townsend have long been tied to the water, from its early days as a bustling seaport to its present-day embrace of maritime trades and a vibrant arts scene. History clings to the weathered brick of the old buildings downtown, remnants of a time when this was envisioned as a major Pacific terminus, a hub of commerce and migration. Today, its economy is a blend of skilled craftspeople, independent businesses, and a growing tourism that appreciates its preserved architectural heritage and the rugged beauty of nearby Fort Worden State Park, its batteries and parade grounds now echoing with the laughter of visitors rather than the roar of cannons. The air here often carries the faint, comforting scent of woodsmoke from hearths and the distant, percussive clang of a blacksmith's hammer, a grounding rhythm in this place where the wildness of the Olympic Mountains meets the ceaseless murmur of the Salish Sea.
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| Location | Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 48.117039°N, 122.760447°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 98368 |
| Area Code | 425 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Port Townsend, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Port Townsend, 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 Port Townsend includes coordinates 48.117039°N, 122.760447°W, situated in Jefferson County. ZIP code 98368. Telephone area code: 425. 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.
