Cottekill, New York Weather
Cottekill, 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 Cottekill, Ulster County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Cottekill. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Cottekill is published on the Kingston-Ulster Airport (K20N) page, 19 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 Cottekill 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 Cottekill: Joseph Y Resnick Airport (KN89) 27 km · Dutchess County Airport (KPOU) 31 km · New York Stewart International Airport (KSWF) 39 km · Orange County Airport (KMGJ) 40 km · Randall Airport (K06N) 52 km
Conditions reported at K20N describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cottekill specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cottekill.
About Cottekill, New York
Cottekill unfolds across a landscape shaped by the gentle, persistent hand of water and earth. It lies 14.0 miles north-west of Poughkeepsie, NY (from Poughkeepsie, NY: bearing 318°T), and is situated 7.5 miles south-west of Kingston. Rolling hills, softened by the passage of seasons, give way to valleys where the Wallkill River flows, its banks a mosaic of wild grasses and the sturdy, enduring shapes of deciduous trees. In the warmer months, the air hangs thick with the scent of pine needles warmed by the sun, a subtle sweetness that clings to the skin. The light here, especially in the late afternoon, has a particular quality, a diffused golden hue that spills over the fields, lending a quiet luminescence to the ordinary. It’s a place where the land feels both yielding and resilient, a gentle slope leading into a shaded wood, a broad pasture opening to a sky that stretches wide and deep. The history of Cottekill is entwined with the agricultural pulse of Ulster County, a legacy visible in the weathered barns and stone walls that still trace the contours of old farmsteads. For generations, this area has been a place of diligent cultivation, its economy once deeply rooted in the bounty of the soil and the careful tending of livestock. The echoes of that past are still present, a quiet hum beneath the surface of everyday life, a respect for the land that continues to inform the character of Cottekill. While modern life brings its own rhythms, there remains a palpable connection to the cycles of nature, a groundedness that seems to emanate from the very soil, a quiet perseverance that has marked this corner of the Hudson Valley for centuries.
Live animated radar for Cottekill 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 | Cottekill, Ulster County, New York |
| Coordinates | 41.851482°N, 74.102087°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 12419 |
| Area Code | 845 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cottekill, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cottekill, 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 Cottekill includes coordinates 41.851482°N, 74.102087°W, situated in Ulster County. ZIP code 12419. Telephone area code: 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.
