Garden City, New York Weather
Garden City, New York — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Garden City, Nassau County.
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About Garden City, New York
Garden City unfolds across the gently rolling terrain of Long Island, a place where the land itself seems to exhale a quiet elegance. It lies 1.6 miles south-south-east of North Hempstead, NY (from North Hempstead, NY: bearing 167°T), and is situated 8.7 miles east of Queens. Broad avenues, shaded by mature trees, fan out from a central core, their leafy canopies filtering the sunlight into dappled patterns on the sidewalks. The architecture speaks of a considered design, a thoughtful arrangement of homes with manicured lawns and a certain dignified repose. Here, the air carries the faint scent of blooming hydrangeas in the summer, and in autumn, the crispness of fallen leaves rustles underfoot. It is a landscape that feels both ordered and generously alive, a testament to careful cultivation rather than wild abandon, with a subtle, almost imperceptible hum of contented living. The history of Garden City is intrinsically linked to the vision of its founder, A.T. Stewart, a prominent nineteenth-century merchant who envisioned a planned community of considerable charm and purpose. The local economy, once more agrarian, has evolved, yet the town retains a strong commercial heart, with businesses and services catering to a discerning clientele. It is a place where the echoes of its past are not buried but rather gracefully integrated into the present, evident in the enduring presence of institutions like the Cathedral of the Incarnation and the stately buildings that grace its thoroughfares. The very character of Garden City seems to whisper of a deliberate creation, a place designed for a life of quality, where the pace feels measured, allowing for appreciation of its enduring, understated beauty.
Live animated radar for Garden City and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Garden City, Nassau County, New York |
| Coordinates | 40.726768°N, 73.634296°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 11530, 11531, 11599 |
| Area Code | 516 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Garden City, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Garden City, New York, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Garden City includes coordinates 40.726768°N, 73.634296°W, situated in Nassau County. ZIP code 11530, 11531, 11599. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
