Ellensburg, WA Weather Forecast and Current Conditions (98926)
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This Date in Weather History
1961 - Hurricane Esther was seeded by Navy planes in the inaugural experiment of what was to formally become Project STORMFURY next year. Esther was the first hurricane to be initially detected by satellite. On Sept. 10th, TIROS III imaged an area of disturbed weather a hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands.
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Ellensburg 7 Day Weather Forecast Details
Tuesday Sep 16
Day: Sunny, with a high near 80. Southeast wind 5 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Night: Clear. Low around 49, with temperatures rising to around 52 overnight. North wind 1 to 8 mph.
Wednesday Sep 17
Day: Sunny, with a high near 86. East wind 1 to 5 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51. West wind around 6 mph.
Thursday Sep 18
Day: Sunny, with a high near 85. North wind around 6 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 54.
Friday Sep 19
Day: Sunny, with a high near 85.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 53.
Saturday Sep 20
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79.
Night: A chance of rain showers after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52.
Sunday Sep 21
Day: A chance of rain showers before 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 46.
Monday Sep 22
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 46.
Sun & Moon Monthly
Sunrise 6:42 AM
Sunset 7:13 PM
Last Light 7:44 PM
Moonset 5:18 PM
Contiguous United States Extremes
Mon's High Temperature
110 at Death Valley, CA
Tue's Low Temperature
21 at 14 Miles West-southwest Of Mackay, ID
Weather Folklore
When ropes are tight it's going to rain; When weather's fair, they're slack again.
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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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