Colonie, New York Weather
Colonie, 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 Colonie, Albany County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Colonie. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Colonie is published on the Albany International Airport (KALB) 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 Colonie 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 Colonie: Schenectady County Airport (KSCH) 17 km · Saratoga County Airport (K5B2) 37 km · Freehold Airport (K1I5) 44 km · Garnseys Airport (KB04) 44 km · Columbia County Airport (K1B1) 48 km
Conditions reported at KALB describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Colonie specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Colonie.
About Colonie, New York
Colonie sprawls across a landscape that remembers its glacial past, a gentle undulation of terrain where the clear waters of the Hudson River, and its smaller tributaries like the Normans Kill, have shaped the land over millennia. It lies 4.1 miles east-north-east of Guilderland, NY (from Guilderland, NY: bearing 77°T), and is situated 6.0 miles north-west of Albany. The air here, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a crispness that hints at the coming autumn, a subtle sweetness mingling with the distant hum of traffic and the rustle of leaves in the mature oak and maple trees that line many of its older streets. Residential neighborhoods give way to commercial strips, a patchwork of modern development that nevertheless retains pockets of quietude, where manicured lawns and the murmur of sprinklers offer a peaceful counterpoint to the broader activity of this expansive locality. The history of Colonie is deeply intertwined with the agricultural traditions of the region, its fertile soil once supporting prosperous farms that fed the growing populations of Albany and beyond. While much of that agrarian character has yielded to suburban growth and a robust commercial and industrial base, the echoes of its past remain, visible in the enduring names of roads and the occasional preserved farmhouse standing sentinel against the tide of progress. Today, Colonie thrives as a hub of commerce and innovation, home to significant retail centers, a vital transportation network, and a diverse workforce drawn from its own population and the surrounding capital region. The presence of Siena College adds a youthful intellectual energy, while the proximity to state government and major industries ensures a dynamic, ever-evolving character for Colonie, a place that balances its historical roots with a forward-looking embrace of opportunity.
Live animated radar for Colonie 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 | Colonie, Albany County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.717856°N, 73.833455°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 12205 |
| Area Code | 518 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Colonie, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Colonie, 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 Colonie includes coordinates 42.717856°N, 73.833455°W, situated in Albany County. ZIP code 12205. Telephone area code: 518. Timezone: Eastern Time.
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.
