Anacortes, WA Weather Forecast
Skagit County, Washington
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Anacortes, 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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Anacortes, WA at a glance
Anacortes is home to about 18,012 people in Skagit County, across 12 square miles. It ranks 62nd by population of 152 places in Washington with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Oak Harbor, 13 miles away.
- County
- Skagit County
- Population
- 18,012 2023 est.
- Land area
- 12 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,540
- Forecast point
- 48.4887°N, 122.6240°W
How well can the network see Anacortes?
The nearest Doppler radar is KATX (Seattle/Tacoma, WA), to the SSE. Its lowest scan passes about 1,200 ft above Anacortes. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Anacortes show up clearly. Anacortes is closer to its radar than 83% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KNUW (Whidbey Island). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Anacortes
- Oak Harbor, WA13 mi
- Burlington, WA14 mi
- Mount Vernon, WA15 mi
- Sedro-Woolley, WA18 mi
- Friday Harbor, WA18 mi
- Bellingham, WA20 mi
- Stanwood, WA21 mi
- Ferndale, WA25 mi
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