Orion, MI Weather Forecast
Oakland County, Michigan
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Orion, 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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Orion, MI at a glance
Orion is home to about 38,529 people in Oakland County, across 33 square miles. It ranks 44th by population of 584 places in Michigan with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Lake Orion, 2 miles away.
- County
- Oakland County
- Population
- 38,529 2023 est.
- Land area
- 33 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,162
- Forecast point
- 42.7569°N, 83.2619°W
How well can the network see Orion?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDTX (Detroit, MI), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 590 ft above Orion. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Orion show up clearly. Orion is closer to its radar than 94% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KPTK (Pontiac/Oakland Intl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Orion
- Lake Orion, MI2 mi
- Oxford, MI4 mi
- Oakland, MI5 mi
- Auburn Hills, MI6 mi
- Independence, MI7 mi
- Pontiac, MI8 mi
- Addison, MI8 mi
- Rochester Hills, MI8 mi
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