Highlands, NY Weather Forecast
Orange County, New York
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Highlands, 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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Highlands, NY at a glance
Highlands is home to about 12,811 people in Orange County, across 30 square miles. It ranks 152nd by population of 593 places in New York with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Highland Falls, 2 miles away.
- County
- Orange County
- Population
- 12,811 2023 est.
- Land area
- 30 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 421
- Forecast point
- 41.3699°N, 74.0059°W
How well can the network see Highlands?
The nearest Doppler radar is KOKX (New York City, NY), to the ESE. Its lowest scan passes about 5,500 ft above Highlands. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Highlands can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KSWF (Newburgh/Stewart Intl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Highlands
- Highland Falls, NY2 mi
- Cornwall, NY4 mi
- Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY4 mi
- Philipstown, NY5 mi
- Woodbury, NY6 mi
- Peekskill, NY7 mi
- Stony Point, NY8 mi
- Harriman, NY8 mi
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