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Seattle New Year’s Eve weather forecast: What to expect at the Space Needle at midnight

Good news for the thousands expected to gather at Seattle Center and across western Washington for New Year's Eve celebrations: the forecast looks dry and calm.

New Year's at the Needle firework show rings in 2026

New Year's at the Needle will broadcast across four markets in Seattle, Spokane, Portland and San Diego on New Year's Eve. Alaska Airlines returns as the presenting sponsor for the pyrotechnic and drone show spectacular to usher in 2026.

How the Space Needle gears up for its New Year's fireworks show

A second-generation pyro team created a dazzling New Year's celebration for Alaska Airlines New Years at the Needle.

How to watch, stream the New Year's at the Needle firework and drone show ringing in 2026

You can watch New Year's at the Needle on both KGW 8 and KGW+ in Portland. It starts at 11:30 p.m. on New Year's Eve.

Seattle weather: Foggy New Year’s Eve

New Year's Eve fireworks could get an "extra special effect." A low fog will linger through the evening, making for a dramatic background.
Los Angeles Times

Seattle’s Space Needle, showing signs of age at 55, is getting a ‘space lift’ -- at a cost of up to $100 million

Reporting from SEATTLE — It began as a crude sketch on a cocktail napkin. Someone thought it looked like a saucer on a stick. Four-hundred days, $4.5 million and 605 feet later, it loomed majestically over the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair. Like a saucer ...
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