Chaffee, New York Weather
Chaffee, 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 Chaffee, Erie County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Chaffee. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Chaffee is published on the Arcade Tri County Airport (KD23) page, 4 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 Chaffee 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 Chaffee: Cattaraugus County-Olean Airport (KOLE) 37 km · Perry-Warsaw Airport (K01G) 40 km · Buffalo Lancaster Regional Airport (KBQR) 41 km · Buffalo Niagara International Airport (KBUF) 46 km · Genesee County Airport (KGVQ) 58 km
Conditions reported at KD23 describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Chaffee specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Chaffee.
About Chaffee, New York
Chaffee rests in the gentle embrace of Erie County, a place where the land itself seems to exhale a quiet contentment. It lies 19.3 miles south-east of Orchard Park, NY (from Orchard Park, NY: bearing 136°T), and is situated 6.0 miles south-south-east of Holland. Rolling fields, the color of sun-baked straw in late summer, stretch towards a horizon softened by the hazy blue of distant trees. Here, the air carries the clean, earthy scent of turned soil and the faint, sweet perfume of ripening corn, a fragrance that clings to the very fabric of the afternoon. The roads, often lined with mature maple trees whose leaves catch the sunlight in a thousand shifting patterns, wind with an unpretentious grace, leading the eye towards farmhouses that stand as stoic sentinels against the vast, open sky. Even the scattered clouds seem to move with a deliberate, unhurried pace, casting fleeting shadows that momentarily dim the vibrant green of the pastures. The story of Chaffee is one of persistent, quiet agriculture, a lineage of families who have worked this fertile ground for generations. Its economy has long been anchored by the bounty of the land, with dairy farms and crop cultivation forming the backbone of local prosperity, their rhythms dictated by the seasons rather than the fleeting trends of distant markets. While no grand monuments mark its past, the weathered barns and sturdy silos standing against the sky are a testament to the enduring spirit of those who have called Chaffee home. The local schoolhouse, a simple, red-brick structure, remains a focal point, a quiet hub where the continuity of community life is nurtured. The gentle murmur of the creek that meanders through the outskirts offers a constant, soothing soundtrack to the everyday existence in Chaffee, a subtle reminder of the natural forces that have shaped and sustained this corner of Erie County.
Live animated radar for Chaffee 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 | Chaffee, Erie County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.568118°N, 78.478909°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 14030 |
| Area Code | 716 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Chaffee, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chaffee, 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 Chaffee includes coordinates 42.568118°N, 78.478909°W, situated in Erie County. ZIP code 14030. Telephone area code: 716. 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.
