Shaw Island, Washington Weather
Shaw Island, 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 Shaw Island, San Juan County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Shaw Island. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Shaw Island is published on the Orcas Island Airport (KORS) page, 14 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 Shaw Island 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 Shaw Island: Anacortes Airport (K74S) 22 km · Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (Ault Field) (KNUW) 33 km · Bellingham International Airport (KBLI) 37 km · Skagit Regional Airport (KBVS) 40 km · AJ Eisenberg Airport (KOKH) 42 km
Conditions reported at KORS describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Shaw Island specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Shaw Island.
About Shaw Island, Washington
Shaw Island exhales a quiet, verdant breath, a place where the emerald embrace of Douglas fir and cedar spills down to meet the restless, grey-green waters of the Salish Sea. It lies 23.5 miles west-south-west of Bellingham, WA (from Bellingham, WA: bearing 239°T), and is situated 7.2 miles east-north-east of San Juan. The terrain here is a gentle, rolling affair, softened by centuries of rain and wind, its contours hinting at ancient glacial sculpting rather than dramatic upheaval. Fields, often fenced with weathered cedar rails, lie fallow or are given over to grazing sheep, their woolly forms like scattered clouds against the deep green meadows. The air itself carries a constant, subtle scent of salt and damp earth, a fragrance that deepens with the gathering dusk, painting the western sky in bruised purples and soft, fading golds. Along the shorelines, driftwood gathers in gnarled heaps, bleached pale by sun and tide, a silent testament to the constant, patient work of the sea. The history of Shaw Island is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its inhabitants and the quiet persistence of its agricultural roots. For generations, it has been a place where self-sufficiency and a deep connection to the land have held sway, its economy largely sustained by farming and fishing, a tradition that continues to shape its character. The island’s isolation, once a challenge, is now a defining feature, fostering a distinct cultural identity characterized by a deliberate, unhurried pace of life. One can still find traces of its maritime past in the weathered pilings of old docks and the occasional glimpse of a lone crab boat heading out at dawn, its engine a low thrum against the waking silence. Shaw Island remains a sanctuary, a place where the rhythm of the tides and the changing seasons dictate the days.
Live animated radar for Shaw Island 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 | Shaw Island, San Juan County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 48.584268°N, 122.92907°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 98286 |
| Area Code | 206, 253 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Shaw Island, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shaw Island, 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 Shaw Island includes coordinates 48.584268°N, 122.929070°W, situated in San Juan County. ZIP code 98286. 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.
