San Juan, Washington Weather
San Juan, 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 San Juan, San Juan County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near San Juan. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for San Juan is published on the Friday Harbor Airport (KFHR) page, 5 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 San Juan 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 San Juan: Orcas Island Airport (KORS) 21 km · Anacortes Airport (K74S) 31 km · Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (Ault Field) (KNUW) 38 km · AJ Eisenberg Airport (KOKH) 45 km · Point Roberts Airpark (K1RL) 47 km
Conditions reported at KFHR describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at San Juan specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for San Juan.
About San Juan, Washington
San Juan breathes the salt-laced air of the islands, a place where the sky often seems to stretch and fold in on itself with the drama of the Salish Sea. It lies 30.5 miles west-south-west of Bellingham, WA (from Bellingham, WA: bearing 242°T), and is situated 8.8 miles south-west of Orcas Island. The landscape here is a gentle swell of green, punctuated by the dark, stoic silhouettes of Douglas fir and the occasional wind-bent arbutus, its peeling bark a testament to the persistent coastal breezes. The waters of the surrounding straits, a deep, shifting indigo, lap at shores that can be rugged granite or soft, yielding sand, often strewn with the skeletal remains of driftwood, bleached white by sun and sea. Even on the clearest days, a certain moisture hangs in the air, lending a soft focus to the distant, hazy outlines of other islands, creating a sense of both connection and isolation. The economic pulse of San Juan has long been tied to the bounty of the sea, from the fishing fleets that once plied these waters to the smaller operations that still bring in a harvest of local seafood. In more recent times, tourism has blossomed, drawing visitors who come to wander the charming streets, explore the island’s natural beauty, and perhaps catch a glimpse of the resident orca whales that are the undisputed royalty of these waters. History whispers from the old wooden buildings that line the harbor, remnants of a time when timber and trade were the lifeblood of San Juan, and the echoes of those days can still be felt in the quiet perseverance of the islanders. The local character is one of quiet resilience, a blend of self-sufficiency forged by isolation and a welcoming spirit born from a shared appreciation for this unique corner of the world.
Live animated radar for San Juan 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 | San Juan, San Juan County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 48.551367°N, 123.078106°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 98250 |
| Area Code | 206, 253 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This San Juan, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for San Juan, 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 San Juan includes coordinates 48.551367°N, 123.078106°W, situated in San Juan County. ZIP code 98250. Telephone area code: 206, 253. 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.
