Wapato, Washington Weather
Wapato, Washington — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Wapato, Yakima County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Wapato. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Wapato is published on the Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field (KYKM) page, 16 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 Wapato 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 Wapato: Sunnyside Municipal Airport (K1S5) 37 km · Prosser Airport (KS40) 55 km
Conditions reported at KYKM describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Wapato specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Wapato, Washington
Wapato rests in a valley where the sun, when it deigns to appear, burns with an almost palpable intensity, bleaching the sagebrush-studded hillsides to a pale, dusty gold. It lies 11.4 miles south-south-east of Yakima, WA (from Yakima, WA: bearing 159°T), and is situated 7.2 miles north-west of Toppenish. The land here is a study in muted earth tones, a gentle sweep of arid plains giving way to the distant, hazy blue of the Cascade foothills. The air itself often carries a fine grit, a whisper of the volcanic past and the ceaseless work of wind and sun, and the Yakima River, a silver ribbon in the distance, offers a promise of coolness that belies its often modest flow. Evenings here can be a spectacle of soft, bruised purples and oranges, the sky a vast canvas that stretches to an almost infinite horizon, a quiet grandeur that humbles the scattered farmsteads and the compact heart of Wapato itself. This land, once the domain of the Yakama people, now thrives on the sweat of its agricultural labor, a testament to the ingenuity that coaxed life from this arid soil. The economy of Wapato is deeply rooted in the cultivation of hops, their fragrant cones a defining characteristic of the region’s bounty, alongside apples and other fruits that draw sustenance from the river and the relentless sun. This agricultural rhythm dictates the pace of life, a cycle of planting, tending, and harvesting that has shaped the character of the place and its people. A history of irrigation projects and a pragmatic spirit of self-reliance are woven into the very fabric of Wapato, a legacy built not on grand pronouncements but on the steady, quiet work of making things grow.
Live animated radar for Wapato 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 | Wapato, Yakima County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 46.447628°N, 120.420338°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 98951 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Wapato, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wapato, 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 Wapato includes coordinates 46.447628°N, 120.420338°W, situated in Yakima County. ZIP code 98951. 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.
