Buchanan, New York Weather
Buchanan, 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 for Buchanan, Westchester County.
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About Buchanan, New York
Buchanan, a hamlet clinging to the eastern bank of the Hudson River, exhales a quiet dignity born of its rugged terrain. It lies 2.1 miles south-south-west of Peekskill, NY (from Peekskill, NY: bearing 205°T), and is situated 7.9 miles north-north-west of Ossining. Here, the land rises in a series of wooded hills, a verdant embrace that tumbles down towards the broad, slate-grey ribbon of the river. The air, especially as dusk begins its slow descent, carries a crispness, a promise of the coming coolness that hints at the region's temperate climate. Old stone walls, weathered by countless seasons, snake through the undergrowth, silent sentinels of a time when the landscape was perhaps a little more open, a little less inclined to yield to the encroaching forest. It’s a place where the rustle of leaves and the distant sigh of the river are the dominant sounds, a natural symphony that plays out against a backdrop of enduring, unpretentious beauty. The history of Buchanan is inextricably linked to the very waters that define its edge, a legacy forged in the industrial fires that once burned brightly along the Hudson. Its economy, though diversified now, carries the faint echo of its past as a hub for manufacturing, a testament to the ingenuity and labor that shaped this corner of Westchester County. The imposing presence of the Indian Point Energy Center, though a modern marvel of engineering, occupies a site that has long been a significant point on the river, a place of human endeavor stretching back through the centuries. This juxtaposition of the old and the new, the natural and the man-made, lends Buchanan a unique character, a persistent hum of activity beneath the tranquil surface of its wooded slopes and the ceaseless flow of the river.
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| Location | Buchanan, Westchester County, New York |
| Coordinates | 41.262038°N, 73.938194°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 10511 |
| Area Code | 914, 845 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Buchanan, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Buchanan, 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 Buchanan includes coordinates 41.262038°N, 73.938194°W, situated in Westchester County. ZIP code 10511. Telephone area code: 914, 845. 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.
