Fort Tilden, New York Weather
Fort Tilden, 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, soil and crop conditions for Fort Tilden, Queens County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Fort Tilden. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Fort Tilden is published on the John F. Kennedy International Airport (KJFK) page, 12 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 Fort Tilden 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 Fort Tilden: LaGuardia Airport (KLGA) 24 km · Newark Liberty International Airport (KEWR) 28 km · Linden Airport (KLDJ) 31 km · Teterboro Airport (KTEB) 35 km · Republic Airport (KFRG) 44 km
Conditions reported at KJFK describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fort Tilden specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fort Tilden.
About Fort Tilden, New York
Fort Tilden exhales a salty breath onto the shifting sands, a wilder edge of the city where the Atlantic Ocean claims dominion. It lies 4.3 miles south-south-east of Flatlands Brooklyn, NY (from Flatlands Brooklyn, NY: bearing 150°T), and is situated 6.8 miles south-south-east of Brooklyn. Here, scrub pines cling tenaciously to dunes sculpted by relentless winds, their needles whispering secrets to the ceaseless surf. The air, thick with the briny tang of sea and the faint, sweet decay of marsh grasses, carries the cries of gulls wheeling against a sky that can shift from a bruised twilight to an astonishing, clear blue. Remnants of concrete structures, their purpose long surrendered to the elements and the encroaching vegetation, stand like stoic sentinels, their stark geometry softened by a verdant embrace, a quiet testament to a past life. The land itself feels porous, yielding and resilient, a place where the boundaries between solid ground and the liquid expanse are perpetually blurred by the tide's rhythmic pull and push. This stretch of coastline, once a vital military outpost guarding the approaches to New York Harbor, now offers a sanctuary for nature and weary urban souls. The echoes of its strategic past are etched into the landscape in the form of abandoned batteries, their formidable forms now softened by moss and the encroaching dunes, a stark contrast to the bustling metropolis just a ferry ride away. The local economy, if one can call it that, is one of preservation and quiet recreation, drawing visitors for its expansive, uncrowded beaches and the chance to witness nature reclaiming man-made structures. The feeling of Fort Tilden is one of enduring quietude, a place where the roar of traffic is replaced by the constant murmur of the waves and the rustle of wind through dune grass, a timeless rhythm undisturbed by the hurried pulse of modern life.
Live animated radar for Fort Tilden 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 | Fort Tilden, Queens County, New York |
| Coordinates | 40.563°N, 73.888°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 11697, 11695 |
| Area Code | 516 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fort Tilden, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fort Tilden, 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 Fort Tilden includes coordinates 40.563000°N, 73.888000°W, situated in Queens County. ZIP code 11697, 11695. Telephone area code: 516. 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.
