Prairie Heights, Washington Weather
Prairie Heights, 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 Prairie Heights, Pierce County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Prairie Heights. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Prairie Heights is published on the Pierce County-Thun Field (KPLU) page, 15 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. 6 airfields within reach of Prairie Heights 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 Prairie Heights: Auburn Municipal Airport (KS50) 22 km · McChord Air Force Base (KTCM) 28 km · Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (KSEA) 36 km · Gray Army Air Field (KGRF) 37 km · Tacoma Narrows Airport (KTIW) 38 km
Conditions reported at KPLU describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Prairie Heights specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Prairie Heights.
About Prairie Heights, Washington
Prairie Heights unfolds across a wide, gently rolling expanse, where the land exhales the scent of damp earth and distant pines. It lies 7.8 miles east of South Hill, WA (from South Hill, WA: bearing 84°T), and is situated 9.1 miles east-south-east of Puyallup. The sky here feels immense, a vast canvas that shifts from the crisp, bright blue of morning to the bruised purples and oranges of evening, painting the scattered farmsteads and the occasional cluster of homes in a diffused, golden light. The terrain, a mosaic of open fields, treed ravines, and the occasional boggy patch, slopes subtly toward unseen waterways, hinting at the persistent moisture that nourishes the landscape. A quietude pervades Prairie Heights, broken only by the low hum of distant traffic or the call of a hawk circling high above. The history of Prairie Heights is tied to the fertile soil and the resourceful spirit of those who first settled these lands, drawn by the promise of agriculture. While the early economy was rooted in farming, with crops like hay and berries thriving in the temperate climate, a shift has seen a growing presence of small businesses and a reliance on the broader economic currents of Pierce County. The air often carries a faint, mineral tang, a ghost of the logging operations that once shaped the surrounding woodlands. Though not a place of grand monuments, Prairie Heights possesses its own quiet distinctiveness, a character forged from enduring natural beauty and the steady, unpretentious lives of its residents.
Live animated radar for Prairie Heights 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 | Prairie Heights, Pierce County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47.1529°N, 122.1048°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 98321 |
| Area Code | 425 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Prairie Heights, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Prairie Heights, 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 Prairie Heights includes coordinates 47.152900°N, 122.104800°W, situated in Pierce County. ZIP code 98321. 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. 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.
