Independence, OR Weather Forecast
Polk County, Oregon
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Independence, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Independence, OR at a glance
Independence is home to about 10,247 people in Polk County, across 3 square miles. It ranks 52nd by population of 107 places in Oregon with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Monmouth, 2 miles away.
- County
- Polk County
- Population
- 10,247 2023 est.
- Land area
- 3 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,424
- Forecast point
- 44.8578°N, 123.1977°W
How well can the network see Independence?
The nearest Doppler radar is KRTX (Portland, OR), to the N. Its lowest scan passes about 4,600 ft above Independence. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Independence can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KSLE (Salem Muni). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Independence
- Monmouth, OR2 mi
- Dallas, OR7 mi
- Salem, OR10 mi
- Keizer, OR13 mi
- Jefferson, OR14 mi
- Millersburg, OR14 mi
- Aumsville, OR16 mi
- Albany, OR17 mi
Elsewhere in Oregon
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