Darien, Georgia Weather
Darien, Georgia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Darien, McIntosh County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Darien. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Darien is published on the Brunswick Golden Isles Airport (KBQK) page, 13 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Darien have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Darien: St Simons Island Airport (KSSI) 25 km · Jesup Wayne County Airport (KJES) 47 km · Brantley County Airport (K4J1) 48 km · Liberty County Airport (K2J2) 50 km · MidCoast Regional Airport at Wright Army Airfield (KLHW) 59 km
Conditions reported at KBQK describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Darien specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Darien.
About Darien, Georgia
Darien breathes the humid, salt-laced air of Georgia's coast, a place where the land often seems to surrender to the water. It lies 15.6 miles north-north-east of Brunswick, GA (from Brunswick, GA: bearing 13°T), and is situated 14.8 miles north of St. Simons. Marshlands, a vibrant, almost aggressive green, stretch out towards the horizon, broken only by the dark veins of tidal creeks that snake inland like ancient arteries. Cypress trees, draped in Spanish moss that hangs like weary beards, stand sentinel at the edges of these wetlands, their roots submerged in the brackish embrace. The sky here is a vast, ever-shifting canvas, sometimes a pale, washed-out blue, at others a bruised, dramatic grey that promises a sudden, torrential downpour. The overall impression is one of a gentle, persistent dampness, a softening of edges where the solid earth meets the restless sea. This is a place with the deep roots of history, a settlement that predates much of the surrounding Georgia landscape. Founded by Scottish Highlanders, Darien carries echoes of its colonial past in the very topography, a testament to resilience in a challenging environment. The local economy has long been tied to the bounty of the sea and the rich soil, with shrimp boats often seen bobbing in the harbor, their nets a promise of the day's catch. Inland, the land yields timber and agricultural products, though the character of Darien remains undeniably coastal, a rhythm dictated by the ebb and flow of the tides and the languid pace of life. The Altamaha River, a powerful artery of freshwater, empties into the nearby Atlantic, further shaping the character and commerce of this enduring coastal community.
Live animated radar for Darien and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Darien, McIntosh County, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 31.370226°N, 81.43399°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 31305 |
| Area Code | 478 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Darien, Georgia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Darien, Georgia, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Darien includes coordinates 31.370226°N, 81.433990°W, situated in McIntosh County. ZIP code 31305. Telephone area code: 478. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
