Tacoma, WA Weather Forecast
Pierce County, Washington
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Tacoma, 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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Tacoma, WA at a glance
Tacoma is home to about 222,906 people in Pierce County, across 50 square miles. It ranks 3rd by population of 152 places in Washington with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Fircrest, 3 miles away.
- County
- Pierce County
- Population
- 222,906 2023 est.
- Land area
- 50 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 4,484
- Forecast point
- 47.2522°N, 122.4598°W
How well can the network see Tacoma?
The nearest Doppler radar is KATX (Seattle/Tacoma, WA), to the N. Its lowest scan passes about 5,100 ft above Tacoma. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Tacoma can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KTIW (Tacoma Narrows Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Tacoma
- Fircrest, WA3 mi
- University Place, WA5 mi
- Fife, WA5 mi
- Milton, WA7 mi
- Lakewood, WA7 mi
- Federal Way, WA7 mi
- Edgewood, WA8 mi
- Steilacoom, WA8 mi
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