Orient, New York Weather
Orient, 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 Orient, Suffolk County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Orient. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Orient is published on the Elizabeth Field (K0B8) page, 26 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. 4 airfields within reach of Orient 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 Orient: Groton New London Airport (KGON) 30 km · Chester Airport (KSNC) 32 km · Tweed New Haven Airport (KHVN) 51 km
Conditions reported at K0B8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Orient specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Orient.
About Orient, New York
Orient, a sentinel at the easternmost tip of Long Island, exhales the crisp, salt-laced air of the Atlantic. It lies 18.2 miles north-north-east of Southampton, NY (from Southampton, NY: bearing 14°T), and is situated 8.2 miles north-east of Southold. Its landscape is a gentle topography of rolling hills, softened by centuries of wind and sea, where weathered clapboard houses stand sentinel against the vast expanse of sky and water. The roads here, narrow and curving, often reveal sudden, breathtaking vistas of Gardiner's Bay or the open ocean, its surface a shifting mosaic of blues and greens under a sky that can transition from brilliant azure to a brooding, bruised violet in a matter of hours. The scent of wild roses and sea lavender, tenacious survivors of the coastal embrace, mingles with the faint, persistent aroma of brine, a constant reminder of the powerful forces that shape this edge of the continent. This narrow promontory, once a vital hub for maritime trade and shipbuilding, now hums with a quieter, more introspective economy, its fishing heritage still evident in the colorful buoys bobbing in the harbor and the weathered docks that bear the patina of countless seasons. Generations have drawn their sustenance from the abundant waters, and the echoes of that industrious past resonate in the sturdy architecture and the deep-rooted sense of place that defines Orient. The local general store, a repository of everyday necessities and whispered gossip, serves as a focal point, a place where the rhythm of life is dictated more by the tides and the changing seasons than by the urgent pulse of the outside world. Here, the past is not a distant memory but a living presence, woven into the very texture of the land and the quiet resilience of its inhabitants.
Live animated radar for Orient 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 | Orient, Suffolk County, New York |
| Coordinates | 41.138988°N, 72.303415°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 11957 |
| Area Code | 914, 845 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Orient, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Orient, 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 Orient includes coordinates 41.138988°N, 72.303415°W, situated in Suffolk County. ZIP code 11957. Telephone area code: 914, 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.
