Gilgo, New York Weather
Gilgo, 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, soil and crop conditions for Gilgo, Suffolk County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gilgo.
About Gilgo, New York
Gilgo is a whisper of land against the vast Atlantic, a slender barrier island where the salt-laced wind sculpts the dunes and the persistent rhythm of the waves dictates the day. It lies 4.0 miles south-south-east of Lindenhurst, NY (from Lindenhurst, NY: bearing 155°T), and is situated 9.5 miles south-west of Islip. Here, the landscape is a study in muted greens and sandy browns, a fragile ecosystem where sea oats grip the shifting earth and the sky stretches in an endless, pale blue. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a damp, briny tang that clings to your skin, a constant reminder of the ocean's immense presence. Even the light seems different, a diffused, pearlescent glow that softens the edges of the world, making the sparse vegetation appear more resilient and the distant horizon a place of quiet promise. Historically, Gilgo's story is tied to the maritime pulse of Long Island's south shore, a place that has seen its share of fishermen and summer visitors drawn to the wild, untamed beauty of its shores. Its economy, if it can be called such in the traditional sense, has always leaned into the natural bounty of the sea, with a quiet reliance on recreational fishing and the ebb and flow of seasonal tourism. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling marketplaces, but rather a collection of modest homes and weathered structures that speak of a life lived in close communion with the elements, a place where the simple act of watching the tide roll in is a profound engagement with the world. Gilgo offers a stark, elemental beauty, a place where the grand theater of nature plays out with an unvarnished honesty.
Live animated radar for Gilgo 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.
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| Location | Gilgo, Suffolk County, New York |
| Coordinates | 40.634404°N, 73.34144°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 11702 |
| Area Code | 516 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gilgo, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gilgo, 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 Gilgo includes coordinates 40.634404°N, 73.341440°W, situated in Suffolk County. ZIP code 11702. 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.
