Ames, New York Weather
Ames, New York — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Ames, Montgomery County.
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About Ames, New York
Ames rests in a gentle hollow, a place where the land softens its hard edges and seems to exhale a quiet contentment. It lies 28.5 miles west-south-west of Glenville, NY (from Glenville, NY: bearing 257°T), and is situated 6.5 miles south of Minden. The hills that cradle it, cloaked in the deep greens of mature forests, roll with an easy grace, their slopes yielding to broad, fertile fields that stretch towards the horizon. A creek, barely a whisper in the summer heat, meanders through the valley floor, its banks fringed with alder and the occasional stoic willow, reflecting the vast, ever-changing canvas of the sky. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries the mingled scents of damp earth, sun-baked hay, and the distant, sweet perfume of blooming clover. The history of Ames is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet endurance of its agricultural roots. For generations, the land has provided, its bounty nurtured by the steady hands of those who understood its rhythms. The economy, still largely tied to the soil, sees trucks laden with produce occasionally rumble through, a testament to the continued vitality of farming in the region. While industry has come and gone in quieter corners of the state, Ames retains a palpable sense of continuity, a feeling that the present is but a gentle continuation of the past. The rhythm of life here is measured by the turning of seasons and the slow, deliberate unfolding of days, a stark contrast to the hurried pulse of more populous centers.
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| Location | Ames, Montgomery County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.837574°N, 74.60153°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 13317 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ames, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ames, New York, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Ames includes coordinates 42.837574°N, 74.601530°W, situated in Montgomery County. ZIP code 13317. Telephone area code: 315. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
