Buchanan, New York Weather
Buchanan, 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 for Buchanan, Westchester County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Buchanan. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Buchanan is published on the Westchester County Airport (KHPN) page, 29 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. 4 airfields within reach of Buchanan 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 Buchanan: Danbury Municipal Airport (KDXR) 40 km · Dutchess County Airport (KPOU) 41 km · Candlelight Farms Airport (K11N) 52 km
Conditions reported at KHPN describe the airfield itself. Weather 29 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Buchanan specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
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.
Live animated radar for Buchanan 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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
