Yelm, WA Weather Forecast
Thurston County, Washington
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Yelm, 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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Yelm, WA at a glance
Yelm is home to about 10,780 people in Thurston County, across 5.7 square miles. It ranks 87th by population of 152 places in Washington with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Lacey, 10 miles away.
- County
- Thurston County
- Population
- 10,780 2023 est.
- Land area
- 5.7 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,888
- Forecast point
- 46.9426°N, 122.6432°W
How well can the network see Yelm?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLGX (Langley Hill, WA), to the W. Its lowest scan passes about 5,700 ft above Yelm. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Yelm can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KGRF (Fort Lewis/Gray AAF). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Yelm
- Lacey, WA10 mi
- DuPont, WA11 mi
- Tumwater, WA13 mi
- Olympia, WA14 mi
- Steilacoom, WA16 mi
- Lakewood, WA16 mi
- Eatonville, WA18 mi
- University Place, WA19 mi
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