Olympia, WA Weather Forecast
Thurston County, Washington
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Olympia, 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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Olympia, WA at a glance
Olympia is home to about 55,733 people in Thurston County, across 18 square miles. It ranks 24th by population of 152 places in Washington with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Tumwater, 4 miles away.
- County
- Thurston County
- Population
- 55,733 2023 est.
- Land area
- 18 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,059
- Forecast point
- 47.0406°N, 122.8950°W
How well can the network see Olympia?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLGX (Langley Hill, WA), to the W. Its lowest scan passes about 4,300 ft above Olympia. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Olympia can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KOLM (Olympia Rgnl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Olympia
- Tumwater, WA4 mi
- Lacey, WA5 mi
- DuPont, WA13 mi
- Yelm, WA14 mi
- Shelton, WA16 mi
- Steilacoom, WA17 mi
- Lakewood, WA19 mi
- University Place, WA20 mi
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