Yakima, WA Weather Forecast
Yakima County, Washington
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Yakima, 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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Yakima, WA at a glance
Yakima is home to about 96,750 people in Yakima County, across 28 square miles. It ranks 11th by population of 152 places in Washington with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Union Gap, 4 miles away.
- County
- Yakima County
- Population
- 96,750 2023 est.
- Land area
- 28 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,473
- Forecast point
- 46.5909°N, 120.5494°W
How well can the network see Yakima?
The nearest Doppler radar is KPDT (Pendleton, OR), to the SE. Its lowest scan passes about 9,900 ft above Yakima. At that range the beam overshoots the base of a storm. If a warning for Yakima looks unsupported on radar, trust the warning.
The closest weather station is KYKM (Yakima/McAllister Fld). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Yakima
- Union Gap, WA4 mi
- Selah, WA4 mi
- Moxee, WA7 mi
- Wapato, WA12 mi
- Zillah, WA18 mi
- Toppenish, WA18 mi
- Granger, WA24 mi
- Ellensburg, WA28 mi
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