Ellensburg, WA Weather Forecast and Current Conditions (98926)
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Current Conditions From Nearby Local Station
Feels Like 51°F
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This Date in Weather History
1987 - More than thirty cities in the Upper Midwest reported record low temperatures for the date, including Waterloo IA and Scottsbluff NE where the mercury dipped to 16 degrees. Tropical Storm Floyd brought heavy rain to southern Florida, moisture from Hurricane Ramon produced heavy rain in southern California, and heavy snow blanketed the mountains of New York State and Vermont.
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Ellensburg 7 Day Weather Forecast Details
Saturday Oct 11
Day: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy. High near 59, with temperatures falling to around 55 in the afternoon. Northwest wind 6 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Night: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy. Low around 37, with temperatures rising to around 39 overnight. West wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Sunday Oct 12
Day: Rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. West wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night: Rain showers before 5am, then rain and snow showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 33. Northeast wind 2 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday Oct 13
Day: Rain and snow showers likely before 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 50. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29.
Tuesday Oct 14
Day: Sunny, with a high near 59.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 31.
Wednesday Oct 15
Day: Sunny, with a high near 64.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34.
Thursday Oct 16
Day: Sunny, with a high near 63.
Night: A chance of rain showers after 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 38.
Friday Oct 17
Day: A chance of rain showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 59.
Sun & Moon Monthly
Sunrise 7:16 AM
Sunset 6:23 PM
Last Light 6:54 PM
Moonset 1:22 PM
Contiguous United States Extremes
Fri's High Temperature
100 at Death Valley, CA and Stovepipe Wells, CA
Fri's Low Temperature
17 at 32 Miles West Southwest Of Bynum, MT
Weather Folklore
When clouds are upon the hills, they'll come down by the mills.
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About Ellensburg, Washington
Ellensburg is a city in and the county seat of Kittitas County, Washington, United States. It is located just east of the Cascade Range near the junction of Interstate 90 and Interstate 82. The population was 18,666 at the 2020 census. and was estimated to be 18,703 in 2022.
The city is located along the Yakima River in the Kittitas Valley, an agricultural region that extends east towards the Columbia River. The valley is a major producer of timothy hay, which is processed and shipped internationally. Ellensburg is also the home of Central Washington University (CWU).
Ellensburg, originally named Ellensburgh for the wife of town founder John Alden Shoudy, was founded in 1871 and grew rapidly in the 1880s following the arrival of the Northern Pacific Railway. The city was once a leading candidate to become the state capital of Washington, but its campaign was scuppered by a major fire in 1889.
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