Newport, Vermont — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Newport, Orleans County.
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Newport commands a view of the vast, shimmering expanse of Lake Memphremagog, its waters reflecting the ever-changing Vermont sky. It lies 58.8 miles east-north-east of Burlington, VT (from Burlington, VT: bearing 57°T), and is situated 8.4 miles north of Orleans. The surrounding landscape is a tapestry of rolling hills, cloaked in dense forests that spill down to the lake's edge, their greens deepening to a bruised purple as the day wanes. The air, especially in the early morning, carries a crisp, clean bite, hinting at the wildness that lies beyond the town's modest boundaries, a wildness that shapes the character of those who call Newport home. The land itself is broken and uneven, a testament to glacial sculpting, with the occasional rocky outcrop breaking the verdant sweep of the hillsides. The history of Newport is intertwined with the bounty of the lake and the land. Once a bustling hub for logging and steamboat traffic, its economy has since diversified, with agriculture and a growing tourism sector now forming its backbone. The echoes of its industrial past can still be felt in the older brick buildings that line Main Street, their facades bearing the marks of a harder, more industrious era. Today, Newport retains a quiet dignity, a place where life moves at a rhythm dictated more by the seasons than by the clock, and where the enduring presence of Lake Memphremagog offers both a livelihood and a profound, almost spiritual, connection to the natural world.
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| Location | Newport, Orleans County, Vermont |
| Coordinates | 44.936436°N, 72.205102°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 05855 |
| Area Code | 802 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Newport, Vermont, 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 Newport includes coordinates 44.936436°N, 72.205102°W, situated in Orleans County. ZIP code 05855. Telephone area code: 802. 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.