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
A dry evening, mostly sunny
It is 46°, but the wind is taking it down to 42° on exposed skin. The sky is mostly sunny.
Nothing in the next day and a half is wet enough to move plans for.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Dry and warming through tomorrow
Nothing wet is expected over the next day and a half.
The overnight low settles near 42°. Tomorrow reaches 58°, 8° warmer than today. It also gets muggier, so tomorrow will feel warmer than the number on its own suggests.
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
34–59°F across the weekThe week runs between 37° and 58°, with tomorrow the warmest day of it. The second half leans cooling, and Saturday is the coolest day in it. Friday is the wettest day, peaking near 71%. 5 of the 7 days stay dry.
Free alerts for Highlands
Every NWS warning, pushed to your phone, inbox or webhook the moment it is issued.
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
Elsewhere in New York
New YorkBrookhavenIslipOyster BayBuffaloNorth HempsteadAll New York forecasts →