Ronald, Washington Weather
Ronald, 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 Ronald, Kittitas County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Ronald. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Ronald is published on the Easton State Airport (KESW) page, 12 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. 2 airfields within reach of Ronald 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 Ronald: Bowers Field (KELN) 44 km
Conditions reported at KESW describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ronald specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ronald.
About Ronald, Washington
Ronald, a place where the land exhales the scent of sun-baked earth and the distant murmur of wind through sparse pines, unfolds its character under a sky that stretches, unburdened, for miles. It lies 35.8 miles west-south-west of Wenatchee, WA (from Wenatchee, WA: bearing 249°T), and is situated 4.8 miles north-west of Cle Elum. Here, the Kittitas Valley floor, a vast expanse of golden grasses and ochre soil, rises gently toward the encircling mountains, their slopes a patchwork of evergreen and bare rock that catch the afternoon light like a thousand scattered coins. The air itself carries a subtle dryness, a whisper of the high desert plateau, and the silence is profound, broken only by the occasional cry of a hawk circling high above or the faint hum of traffic on a road that seems to lead everywhere and nowhere at once. The history of Ronald is etched not in grand monuments, but in the persistent spirit of those who sought their fortunes in the earth. Once a vital hub for coal mining, the echoes of that industrious past still resonate, a phantom thrum beneath the quiet present. While the mines themselves are largely dormant, their legacy is woven into the very fabric of the place, a reminder of resilience and hard-won sustenance. Today, the local economy, while more diverse, still draws heavily from the land, with agriculture and the quiet, steady work of ranching forming the backbone of life in Ronald, a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of existence.
Live animated radar for Ronald 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 | Ronald, Kittitas County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47.235118°N, 121.023418°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 98133, 98940 |
| Area Code | 206, 253, 509 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ronald, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ronald, 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 Ronald includes coordinates 47.235118°N, 121.023418°W, situated in Kittitas County. ZIP code 98133, 98940. Telephone area code: 206, 253, 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.
