Seattle, WA Weather Forecast
King County, Washington
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Seattle, 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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Seattle, WA at a glance
Seattle is home to about 755,078 people in King County, across 84 square miles. It is the largest of 152 places in Washington with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Medina, 5 miles away.
- County
- King County
- Population
- 755,078 2023 est.
- Land area
- 84 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 8,989
- Forecast point
- 47.6193°N, 122.3515°W
How well can the network see Seattle?
The nearest Doppler radar is KATX (Seattle/Tacoma, WA), to the N. Its lowest scan passes about 2,700 ft above Seattle. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Seattle is closer to its radar than 56% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KBFI (Seattle/Boeing Fld). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Seattle
- Medina, WA5 mi
- Clyde Hill, WA6 mi
- Mercer Island, WA7 mi
- Bainbridge Island, WA7 mi
- Kirkland, WA9 mi
- Bellevue, WA9 mi
- Shoreline, WA10 mi
- Burien, WA10 mi
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