Waitsburg, Washington Weather
Waitsburg, 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 Waitsburg, Walla Walla County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Waitsburg. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Waitsburg is published on the Walla Walla Regional Airport (KALW) page, 22 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. 3 airfields within reach of Waitsburg 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 Waitsburg: Martin Field (KS95) 32 km · Little Goose State Airport (K16W) 37 km
Conditions reported at KALW describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Waitsburg specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Waitsburg.
About Waitsburg, Washington
Waitsburg rests within a broad, welcoming valley, a verdant embrace of rolling hills that swell and dip like the quiet breaths of a sleeping giant. It lies 16.9 miles north-north-east of Walla Walla, WA (from Walla Walla, WA: bearing 32°T), and is situated 9.4 miles west-south-west of Dayton. The land here, a rich, dark loam, slopes gently toward the Touchet River, a ribbon of silver that whispers through the landscape, its banks softened by willows and cottonwoods whose leaves, when the light catches them just so in the late afternoon, shimmer with an almost ethereal gold. The sky above Waitsburg is an expansive canvas, vast and often a startling, brilliant blue, especially after the spring rains have washed the dust from the air, leaving behind a clarity that sharpens the edges of distant farmhouses and the distant, hazy blue of the Blue Mountains. The air itself carries the scent of sun-baked earth and, in season, the sweet, earthy perfume of ripening fruit, a subtle testament to the agricultural heart of this place. This valley has long been a place of cultivation, a history etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring rhythm of planting and harvest. The pioneers, drawn by the fertile soil and the promise of a life built with their own hands, established Waitsburg as a hub for the surrounding farms, a place where goods were traded and community took root. The economy still hums with the legacy of agriculture, the air often carrying the faint, sweet aroma of grain or the pungent tang of apples from the orchards that dot the surrounding slopes. You can still see the sturdy, unpretentious architecture of buildings that have stood for generations, their brick facades bearing the patina of years, a silent chronicle of the resilience and quiet determination of the people who call Waitsburg home. Even the pace of life here feels different, a more deliberate cadence that allows for the appreciation of small details, like the way the sun casts long, dancing shadows across the main street as evening approaches.
Live animated radar for Waitsburg 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 | Waitsburg, Walla Walla County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 46.270418°N, 118.153286°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 99361 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Waitsburg, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Waitsburg, 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 Waitsburg includes coordinates 46.270418°N, 118.153286°W, situated in Walla Walla County. ZIP code 99361. 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.
