East Chatham, New York Weather
East Chatham, 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 East Chatham, Columbia County.
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About East Chatham, New York
East Chatham rests where the Taconic foothills begin their gentle rise, a landscape painted in broad strokes of verdant pasture and the deeper, shadowed greens of mixed woodlands. It lies 14.5 miles west of Pittsfield, MA (from Pittsfield, MA: bearing 259°T), and is situated 7.3 miles north-east of Ghent. The air here, particularly in late afternoon, carries a certain stillness, a quiet hum that feels as old as the rolling terrain itself. Streams, no more than whispers of water in drier months, trace silver threads through the meadows, their banks thick with the hardy, unassuming wildflowers of the region. Barns, weathered to the color of old bone, stand as stoic sentinels against the wide, often dramatic, sweep of the New England sky, their silos reaching like forgotten towers toward the passing clouds. The very shape of the land, a series of subtle swells and dips, seems to encourage a slower gait, a more considered observation of the world. The history of East Chatham is a story told in the enduring presence of its agricultural roots and the quiet persistence of its working farms. For generations, the land has yielded its bounty, supporting a local economy built on the cycles of planting and harvest, the steady rhythm of livestock. The old railroad line, now a ghost of its former self, once pulsed with the lifeblood of commerce, linking this quiet corner to larger markets and carrying goods that shaped the lives of its residents. Though the industrial clamor has long since faded, a sense of enduring craft remains, a dedication to the tangible and the well-made, visible in the local businesses that continue to serve the surrounding countryside. The very light that falls upon East Chatham, a soft, diffused glow in summer and a sharp, crystalline brilliance in winter, seems to reflect this unpretentious character, a place that has quietly endured, holding its own particular brand of rural grace.
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| Location | East Chatham, Columbia County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.41064°N, 73.524558°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 12060 |
| Area Code | 518 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This East Chatham, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for East Chatham, 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 East Chatham includes coordinates 42.410640°N, 73.524558°W, situated in Columbia County. ZIP code 12060. Telephone area code: 518. 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.
