Collins, New York Weather
Collins, 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 Collins, Erie County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Collins.
About Collins, New York
Collins is a place where the land itself seems to hold its breath, a gentle swell of terrain giving way to the broad, open skies of Western New York. It lies 15.9 miles south-south-west of Hamburg, NY (from Hamburg, NY: bearing 197°T), and is situated 6.5 miles south-east of Fenton. Here, the earth is a rich, dark loam, promising fertility, and the air carries the clean scent of pine and damp soil, especially after a summer rain. Old farmhouses, their paint weathered to soft hues of grey and barn red, stand sentinel against the horizon, their porches often draped with climbing roses or the skeletal remains of last season's morning glories. Creeks, like the meandering Tonawanda, thread through the landscape, their banks a tangle of willows and ferns, providing a quiet murmur that underlies the rustle of cornfields and the distant hum of a tractor. The light here, particularly as dusk descends, has a luminous quality, softening the edges of the world and imbuing the rolling fields with a golden, ephemeral glow. The history of Collins is deeply rooted in the fertile ground it occupies. Once part of the Holland Land Company’s vast holdings, its economy has long been tied to the agricultural bounty of the region, with farms producing grains, dairy, and a variety of vegetables that find their way to local markets and beyond. While the days of large-scale logging have long passed, the echoes of that industry can still be felt in the occasional weathered barn and the enduring presence of the woodlands that still embrace the edges of the cultivated land. Though not a hub of heavy industry, Collins possesses a quiet resilience, a spirit of self-sufficiency that has sustained it through changing times. The community’s character is one of unpretentious neighborliness, a place where the pace of life is measured by the turning of the seasons and the simple, honest work of tending the land.
Live animated radar for Collins and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Collins, Erie County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.49645°N, 78.920589°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 14034 |
| Area Code | 716 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Collins, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Collins, 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 Collins includes coordinates 42.496450°N, 78.920589°W, situated in Erie County. ZIP code 14034. 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. 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.
