Orleans, MA Weather Forecast
Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Orleans, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Orleans, MA at a glance
Orleans is home to about 6,385 people in Barnstable County, across 14 square miles. It ranks 229th by population of 283 places in Massachusetts with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Brewster, 5 miles away.
- County
- Barnstable County
- Population
- 6,385 2023 est.
- Land area
- 14 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 451
- Forecast point
- 41.7657°N, 69.9662°W
How well can the network see Orleans?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBOX (Boston, MA), to the WNW. Its lowest scan passes about 4,700 ft above Orleans. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Orleans can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KCQX (Chatham Muni). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Orleans
- Brewster, MA5 mi
- Eastham, MA5 mi
- Harwich, MA7 mi
- Chatham, MA10 mi
- Wellfleet, MA11 mi
- Dennis, MA11 mi
- Yarmouth, MA15 mi
- Barnstable Town, MA21 mi
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