Wheeler, Washington Weather
Wheeler, 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 Wheeler, Grant County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Wheeler. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Wheeler is published on the Grant County International Airport (KMWH) 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 Wheeler 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 Wheeler: Warden Airport (K2S4) 20 km · Wilson Creek Airport (K5W1) 32 km · Ephrata Municipal Airport (KEPH) 33 km · Othello Municipal Airport (KS70) 38 km · Odessa Municipal Airport (K43D) 44 km
Conditions reported at KMWH describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Wheeler specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Wheeler.
About Wheeler, Washington
Wheeler lies where the high desert begins to soften, a place where the vast Columbia Plateau exhales its dry, sun-baked breath onto rolling hills. It lies 5.0 miles east of Moses Lake, WA (from Moses Lake, WA: bearing 90°T), and is situated 7.3 miles east of Cascade Valley. The land here is a study in muted tones: sagebrush and bunchgrass paint the slopes in shades of faded green and dusty gold, punctuated by the stark, dark lines of basalt outcroppings that rise like ancient bones from the earth. The sky above Wheeler is an immense canvas, a boundless expanse that shifts from the pale, washed-out blue of midday to the bruised purples and fiery oranges of sunset, the light itself seeming to possess a granular texture, fine as sifted sand. This is a landscape that demands patience, where the wind, an unseen sculptor, has carved subtle hollows and long, sweeping contours into the terrain, and where the silence is so profound it hums with the quiet industry of insects and the distant cry of a hawk. The story of Wheeler is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people and the land they’ve coaxed life from. Historically, this region has been shaped by the hardy pursuit of agriculture, the fertile, if arid, soil yielding wheat and other grains under the relentless sun, a lifeline sustained by intricate irrigation systems that crisscross the landscape like veins. The economy of Wheeler remains tethered to this agricultural heritage, with grain elevators standing sentinel at the edge of town, their silos a familiar silhouette against the horizon. Beyond the fields, the presence of the nearby Columbia River, though not directly touching Wheeler, has always been a subtle but potent influence, its distant murmur a reminder of the water that nourishes this dry expanse and the historical pathways it provided. The character of Wheeler is one of quiet resilience, a place where life moves at a pace dictated by the seasons and the steady turning of the earth, a community forged in the crucible of sun and wind.
Live animated radar for Wheeler 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 | Wheeler, Grant County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47.130698°N, 119.171961°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 98837 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Wheeler, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wheeler, 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 Wheeler includes coordinates 47.130698°N, 119.171961°W, situated in Grant County. ZIP code 98837. 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.
