Kennewick, WA Weather Forecast
Benton County, Washington
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Kennewick, 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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Kennewick, WA at a glance
Kennewick is home to about 85,158 people in Benton County, across 29 square miles. It ranks 14th by population of 152 places in Washington with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Pasco, 5 miles away.
- County
- Benton County
- Population
- 85,158 2023 est.
- Land area
- 29 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,988
- Forecast point
- 46.1976°N, 119.1759°W
How well can the network see Kennewick?
The nearest Doppler radar is KPDT (Pendleton, OR), to the SSE. Its lowest scan passes about 2,500 ft above Kennewick. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Kennewick is closer to its radar than 58% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KPSC (Pasco/Tri Cities Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Kennewick
- Pasco, WA5 mi
- Richland, WA8 mi
- West Richland, WA13 mi
- Benton City, WA15 mi
- Umatilla, OR21 mi
- Hermiston, OR26 mi
- Prosser, WA28 mi
- Boardman, OR35 mi
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