Gardiner, Oregon Weather
Gardiner, Oregon — 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 Gardiner, Douglas County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Gardiner. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Gardiner is published on the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport (KOTH) page, 36 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KOTH describe the airfield itself. Weather 36 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gardiner specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gardiner.
About Gardiner, Oregon
Gardiner unfolds along the rugged Oregon coast, a place where the relentless Pacific breathes a salty mist onto weathered cedar and wind-sculpted shore pines. It lies 55.6 miles west-south-west of Eugene, OR (from Eugene, OR: bearing 247°T), and is situated 2.0 miles north-north-west of Reedsport. The land here is a study in textures: the damp, dark loam of the coastal forest, rich with the scent of decaying needles and damp earth, gives way to the coarser, shell-strewn sands of the beach, often shrouded in a pearly, diffused light. Creeks, born from the forested hills that rise behind the town, tumble down to meet the ocean, their waters clear and cool, sometimes carving small, ephemeral channels through the sand before disappearing into the vastness of the sea. The air itself carries a constant, subtle hum, a blend of distant surf and the whisper of wind through the dense, green canopy. The history of Gardiner is tied to the bounty of the sea and the timber that cloaked the surrounding slopes. For generations, fishing boats, their hulls coated in barnacles and salt, have brought in their catches, a tradition that still forms a vital artery of the local economy. The logging industry, though perhaps less dominant than in earlier times, left its mark, shaping the landscape and the livelihoods of many families who have called Gardiner home for decades. Remnants of older structures, weathered to a soft grey, speak of a past where life was perhaps harder but no less rooted. Today, Gardiner retains a quiet character, a place where the rhythm of the tides and the changing seasons still dictate the pulse of daily life, a steady beat against the backdrop of the immense, ever-present ocean.
Live animated radar for Gardiner 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 | Gardiner, Douglas County, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 43.730117°N, 124.11039°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 97441 |
| Area Code | 503, 971 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gardiner, Oregon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gardiner, Oregon, 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 Gardiner includes coordinates 43.730117°N, 124.110390°W, situated in Douglas County. ZIP code 97441. Telephone area code: 503, 971. Timezone: Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).
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.
