Stehekin, Washington Weather
Stehekin, 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 Stehekin, Chelan County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Stehekin. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Stehekin is published on the Methow Valley State Airport (KS52) page, 40 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KS52 describe the airfield itself. Weather 40 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Stehekin specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Stehekin.
About Stehekin, Washington
Stehekin unfurls at the head of Lake Chelan, a wild sentinel where the mountains plunge directly into the impossibly blue water. It lies 49.1 miles east of Skagit, WA (from Skagit, WA: bearing 99°T), and is situated 27.4 miles north-west of Lake Chelan. The air here, even in the height of summer, carries a crispness, a clean scent of pine and damp earth that speaks of the vast wilderness embracing this remote settlement. Towering peaks, their upper reaches often dusted with snow even in July, frame the narrow valley, their rugged slopes a mosaic of evergreen forest and scree. The lake itself, a glacial carving of immense depth and beauty, acts as the primary thoroughfare, its surface reflecting the ever-shifting moods of the sky, from the stark clarity of midday to the bruised purples and oranges of twilight. A quiet tenacity defines the landscape, a resilience mirrored in the hardy flora that clings to the steep inclines. The history of Stehekin is as much about the river and the lake as it is about the people who have found their way here. For generations, Indigenous peoples navigated these waters, their presence a whisper on the wind. Later, miners and homesteaders, drawn by the promise of the mountains and the isolation, carved out lives in this challenging terrain. The local economy, intrinsically tied to the seasons and the wild, revolves around a delicate balance of tourism, small-scale agriculture—particularly the famed apples and cherries grown in the valley's microclimate—and the essential services that sustain this isolated community. The iconic red schoolhouse, a beacon of learning against the grand backdrop of the Cascades, stands as a testament to the enduring spirit of Stehekin, a place where life moves to the cadence of the seasons and the flow of the water.
Live animated radar for Stehekin 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 | Stehekin, Chelan County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 48.309303°N, 120.656488°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 98852 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Stehekin, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stehekin, 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 Stehekin includes coordinates 48.309303°N, 120.656488°W, situated in Chelan County. ZIP code 98852. 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.
