O'Brien, Oregon Weather
O'Brien, 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 O'Brien, Josephine County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near O'Brien. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for O'Brien is published on the Happy Camp Airport (K36S) page, 40 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. 3 airfields within reach of O'Brien 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 O'Brien: Brookings Airport (KBOK) 48 km · Jack Mc Namara Field Airport (KCEC) 54 km
Conditions reported at K36S describe the airfield itself. Weather 40 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at O'Brien specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for O'Brien.
About O'Brien, Oregon
O'Brien lies cradled in a fold of southwestern Oregon, where the land begins its slow, determined climb toward the Siskiyou Mountains. It lies 32.0 miles south-west of Grants Pass, OR (from Grants Pass, OR: bearing 217°T), and is situated 7.2 miles south-south-west of Cave Junction. The air here carries the scent of Douglas fir and the damp earth that nourishes them, a constant, subtle perfume that clings to everything. Rolling hills, cloaked in a deep, evergreen hush, press in from all sides, their slopes etched with the faint, ghost-like trails of old logging roads. Sunlight, when it finds its way through the dense canopy, spills in shafts of molten gold, illuminating patches of fern and moss that carpet the forest floor. The few clearings reveal glimpses of a sky that seems both vast and intimate, a deep, bruised blue that deepens into indigo as evening approaches. The history of O'Brien is tied to the earth itself, to the rich veins of timber that once defined its economic pulse. For generations, the rhythm of the sawmills and the rumble of logging trucks set the pace for life, shaping the character of the place and its people. Though the landscape has shifted, and the economy diversified to include a quiet embrace of agriculture and the burgeoning appeal of its wild surroundings, the legacy of those who worked the forests remains. The Willamette River, a cool, clear artery, flows nearby, its banks a testament to the enduring power of water to shape the land and sustain life, offering a quiet counterpoint to the rugged grandeur of the surrounding hills.
Live animated radar for O'Brien 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 | O'Brien, Josephine County, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 42.067335°N, 123.703125°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 97534 |
| Area Code | 541 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This O'Brien, Oregon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for O'Brien, 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 O'Brien includes coordinates 42.067335°N, 123.703125°W, situated in Josephine County. ZIP code 97534. Telephone area code: 541. 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.
