Dover Plains, New York Weather
Dover Plains, New York — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Dover Plains, Dutchess County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Dover Plains. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Dover Plains is published on the Candlelight Farms Airport (K11N) page, 21 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 Dover Plains 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 Dover Plains: Dutchess County Airport (KPOU) 29 km · Danbury Municipal Airport (KDXR) 42 km · Kingston-Ulster Airport (K20N) 42 km · Waterbury Airport (KN41) 46 km · Waterbury Oxford Airport (KOXC) 47 km
Conditions reported at K11N describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dover Plains specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Dover Plains, New York
Dover Plains unfolds across a gentle, rolling terrain where the Taconic foothills begin their ascent, a landscape of verdant pastures stitched with stone walls and punctuated by stands of mature oak and maple. It lies 18.0 miles east of Poughkeepsie, NY (from Poughkeepsie, NY: bearing 81°T), and is situated 6.8 miles east-south-east of Millbrook. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a certain stillness, a quiet breath drawn from the surrounding woodlands and the broad, open sweep of the sky overhead. Creeks, like the one that lent its name to the village, meander through the valley floor, their waters reflecting the shifting moods of the clouds. The houses, many built of sturdy clapboard or fieldstone, seem to settle comfortably into the land, their lines mirroring the soft curves of the hills. There's a palpable sense of enduring presence, of a place that has witnessed the slow turning of seasons, the quiet growth of generations. This corner of Dutchess County has long been shaped by the land and the labor it demands. Historically, agriculture has been the bedrock of Dover Plains, with dairy farms and apple orchards defining its economic and visual character for over two centuries. The railroad once brought a vital pulse to the community, though its echo is now a whisper in the quiet hum of daily life. Today, the economy balances a continuing agricultural heritage with a growing number of small businesses and a quiet commuter presence, drawing from the proximity to larger centers. The Dover Plains railroad station, though less vital than in its heyday, remains a landmark, a red-brick sentinel that speaks of past connections and present continuity. The spirit of the place is one of quiet resilience, of a community that values its rural roots and the unpretentious beauty of its homeland.
Live animated radar for Dover Plains 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 | Dover Plains, Dutchess County, New York |
| Coordinates | 41.741205°N, 73.576515°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 12522 |
| Area Code | 845 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dover Plains, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dover Plains, New York, 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 Dover Plains includes coordinates 41.741205°N, 73.576515°W, situated in Dutchess County. ZIP code 12522. Telephone area code: 845. 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.
