Alton, New York Weather
Alton, New York — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Alton, Wayne County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Alton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Alton is published on the Williamson Sodus Airport (KSDC) page, 12 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Alton have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Alton: Whitfords Airport (KB16) 39 km · Finger Lakes Regional Airport (K0G7) 40 km · Canandaigua Airport (KIUA) 44 km · Oswego County Airport (KFZY) 50 km · Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport (KROC) 57 km
Conditions reported at KSDC describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Alton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Alton.
About Alton, New York
Alton rests in a broad, fertile basin where the land gently slopes and swells, a landscape defined by the slow, persistent work of glaciers and the patient cultivation of generations. It lies 22.6 miles east of Webster, NY (from Webster, NY: bearing 90°T), and is situated 6.5 miles north-west of Rose. The air here, especially as the sun begins its descent, carries the faint, sweet scent of ripening fruit and damp earth, a testament to the surrounding orchards and fields that dominate the horizon. Fields of corn, their stalks rustling like whispered secrets in the breeze, give way to apple trees, their branches heavy with the promise of autumn, and in the distance, the darker, more solid forms of the woods stand as silent sentinels. The sky above Alton often boasts a particular clarity, a vast, luminous canvas where clouds drift with a languid grace, and the light, even on a cloudy day, possesses a soft, diffused quality that seems to imbue everything with a gentle luminescence. The story of Alton is etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring spirit of its agricultural heritage, a legacy shaped by the rich, dark soil that has sustained livelihoods for over a century. This is a place where the local economy has long been anchored by the bounty of the land, with apple orchards and dairy farms forming the backbone of its identity. The rhythm of life in Alton is dictated by the seasons, by the planting and the harvest, by the quiet hum of tractors and the occasional cheerful chatter at the general store. While no single industry defines it today, the echoes of its past, a time when farming was the primary endeavor, are still palpable, lending Alton a character that is both grounded and deeply connected to the earth.
Live animated radar for Alton and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Alton, Wayne County, New York |
| Coordinates | 43.211176°N, 76.980523°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 14413 |
| Area Code | 585 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Alton, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Alton, New York, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. 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 Alton includes coordinates 43.211176°N, 76.980523°W, situated in Wayne County. ZIP code 14413. Telephone area code: 585. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. 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.
