Rosalia, Washington Weather
Rosalia, 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 Rosalia, Whitman County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Rosalia. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Rosalia is published on the Rosalia Municipal Airport (K72S) page, 4 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. 5 airfields within reach of Rosalia 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 Rosalia: Spokane International Airport (KGEG) 44 km · Fairchild Air Force Base (KSKA) 47 km · Felts Field (KSFF) 50 km · Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport (KPUW) 58 km
Conditions reported at K72S describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rosalia specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rosalia.
About Rosalia, Washington
Rosalia rests in a wide, sun-drenched basin, a place where the earth rolls in broad, sweeping curves toward the horizon. It lies 29.3 miles south of Spokane, WA (from Spokane, WA: bearing 175°T), and is situated 19.9 miles south-south-east of Cheney. The land here is a patchwork quilt of amber wheat fields and emerald pastures, stitched together by thin, silver threads of fence lines that stretch out to meet the immense, ever-changing sky. In the late afternoon, the light softens, painting the rolling hills in hues of ochre and rose, and the air, usually crisp and carrying the faint scent of dry grass, can sometimes hold the distant murmur of wind through the tall stalks. This is a landscape that breathes with the slow, steady pulse of agriculture, where the sheer scale of the openness invites a contemplative quiet. The story of Rosalia is deeply entwined with the fertile Palouse soil, a region that has drawn settlers seeking prosperity since the late 19th century, drawn by the promise of abundant harvests. The town itself, established in the early days of homesteading, became a vital hub for the surrounding farms, its economy built on the bounty of wheat, barley, and livestock. Grain elevators, like silent sentinels, still punctuate the skyline, vestiges of a time when the railroad was the lifeblood of this agricultural community. While the rhythms of daily life in Rosalia are unhurried, the legacy of its pioneering spirit remains, a quiet testament to the resilience and resourcefulness that shaped this corner of the Inland Northwest.
Live animated radar for Rosalia 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 | Rosalia, Whitman County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47.236005°N, 117.369912°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 99170 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rosalia, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rosalia, 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 Rosalia includes coordinates 47.236005°N, 117.369912°W, situated in Whitman County. ZIP code 99170. 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.
