Ellensburg, WA Weather Forecast
Kittitas County, Washington
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Ellensburg, 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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Ellensburg, WA at a glance
Ellensburg is home to about 18,694 people in Kittitas County, across 8.3 square miles. It ranks 60th by population of 152 places in Washington with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Selah, 25 miles away.
- County
- Kittitas County
- Population
- 18,694 2023 est.
- Land area
- 8.3 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,247
- Forecast point
- 47.0012°N, 120.5496°W
How well can the network see Ellensburg?
The nearest Doppler radar is KPDT (Pendleton, OR), to the SE. Its lowest scan passes about 13,000 ft above Ellensburg. At that range the beam overshoots the base of a storm. If a warning for Ellensburg looks unsupported on radar, trust the warning.
The closest weather station is KELN (Ellensburg/Bowers Fld). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Ellensburg
- Selah, WA25 mi
- Yakima, WA28 mi
- Union Gap, WA31 mi
- Moxee, WA31 mi
- East Wenatchee, WA31 mi
- Wenatchee, WA32 mi
- Mattawa, WA36 mi
- Cashmere, WA36 mi
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