Dryden, New York Weather
Dryden, 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 Dryden, Tompkins County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dryden.
About Dryden, New York
Dryden unfolds across rolling hills and fertile valleys, a landscape shaped by the slow, persistent work of glaciers and rain. It lies 10.7 miles east-north-east of Ithaca, NY (from Ithaca, NY: bearing 71°T), and is situated 9.7 miles south-west of Cortland. The air here, especially in the late afternoons of summer, carries the damp, earthy scent of freshly turned soil and the faintest whisper of pine from the surrounding woodlands. Fields of corn and hay stretch out like rumpled blankets, their greens and golds shifting under the vast, often dramatic, New York sky. The Cayuga Inlet, a ribbon of silver, meanders through the heart of the region, its banks often softened by stands of willow and the watchful presence of heron. Even in the quietest moments, there’s a subtle hum of life, a feeling of roots that run deep into the dark, rich earth of Tompkins County. Dryden’s story is written in its agricultural heritage, a legacy of hardworking farmers who coaxed sustenance from this land for generations. The town’s economy still leans heavily on the bounty of the soil, with local farms supplying fresh produce to nearby markets and Cornell University. Remnants of earlier industries, like the old mills that once harnessed the power of the Inlet’s flow, are sometimes visible, silent witnesses to a different era. The presence of Cornell, just a short drive away, lends a dynamic, intellectual current to the otherwise placid, rural character of Dryden, bringing a blend of academic rigor and bucolic charm that is uniquely its own.
Live animated radar for Dryden 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.
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| Location | Dryden, Tompkins County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.490905°N, 76.297155°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 13053 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dryden, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dryden, 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 Dryden includes coordinates 42.490905°N, 76.297155°W, situated in Tompkins County. ZIP code 13053. Telephone area code: 315. 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.
