Orange, Virginia Weather
Orange, Virginia — 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 for Orange, Orange County.
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About Orange, Virginia
Orange, Virginia, unfolds across rolling Piedmont terrain, where the soft green of cultivated fields meets the deeper, shadowed hues of hardwood forests. It lies 24.9 miles north-east of Charlottesville, VA (from Charlottesville, VA: bearing 53°T), and is situated 8.6 miles north-north-east of Gordonsville. The air here, especially as the afternoon sun begins its slow descent, carries a scent of sun-baked earth and the faintest whisper of pine, a fragrance that clings to the low-slung brick buildings and the wide, quiet streets. Dusk paints the western sky in strokes of bruised plum and pale gold, catching the weathered clapboard of old homes and lending a luminous quality to the mature oaks that line the avenues. The land itself feels gently settled, a comfortable cradle of hills and hollows that have known the touch of plow and foot for generations. The history of Orange is bound to the fertile soil and the legacy of its early settlers, many of whom sought to establish farms and estates in this opportune region. The local economy, historically rooted in agriculture, still shows echoes of that past, with fields of corn and soybeans giving way to stands of timber, and a scattering of nurseries and agricultural supply businesses. The downtown area retains a sense of its past, with buildings that speak of a time when this was a central hub for commerce and community gathering, a place where horse-drawn buggies might have given way to the first automobiles. A quiet pride seems to reside in Orange, a contentment with its established rhythms and a respect for the enduring character of this Virginia landscape.
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| Location | Orange, Orange County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.245411°N, 78.110834°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 22960 |
| Area Code | 540 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Orange, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Orange, Virginia, 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 Orange includes coordinates 38.245411°N, 78.110834°W, situated in Orange County. ZIP code 22960. Telephone area code: 540. 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.
