St. John, Washington Weather
St. John, Washington — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for St. John, Whitman County.
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About St. John, Washington
St. John rises from the rolling Palouse country, a place where the earth itself seems to breathe. It lies 31.3 miles north-west of Pullman, WA (from Pullman, WA: bearing 323°T), and is situated 17.8 miles north-west of Colfax. The landscape here is a study in muted greens and golds, a vast, undulating canvas of wheat fields that stretch to a horizon that feels impossibly distant, punctuated only by the occasional cluster of wind-battered farmsteads. The sky above St. John is a character unto itself, a boundless expanse that can shift from a crisp, cerulean blue to a bruised, dramatic grey within hours, casting long, theatrical shadows across the land as the sun dips low. The air, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a dry, clean scent, a whisper of sun-baked earth and the faint, sweet perfume of ripening grain. This is a land shaped by the plow and the seasons, where the rhythm of life is dictated by the planting and the harvest. St. John's economy has long been tied to the rich soil, the wheat and barley that define the Palouse forming the backbone of its prosperity. The history of settlement here is one of hardy individuals who carved out a life from this fertile, yet demanding, terrain, and that spirit of self-reliance still imbues the community. While St. John may not boast grand monuments, its distinction lies in its quiet persistence, the enduring strength of its agricultural roots, and the way the golden light of dusk seems to linger a moment longer here, as if reluctant to leave this generous land.
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| Location | St. John, Whitman County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47.091556°N, 117.581864°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 99171 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This St. John, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St. John, Washington, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 St. John includes coordinates 47.091556°N, 117.581864°W, situated in Whitman County. ZIP code 99171. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
