East Frankfort, New York Weather
East Frankfort, 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 East Frankfort, Herkimer County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near East Frankfort. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for East Frankfort is published on the Frankfort-Highland Airport (K6B4) page, 9 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 East Frankfort 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 East Frankfort: Griffiss International Airport (KRME) 37 km · Hamilton Municipal Airport (KVGC) 46 km · Cooperstown-Westville Airport (KK23) 46 km · Sharon Airport (K31) 48 km · Becks Grove Airport (KK16) 51 km
Conditions reported at K6B4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at East Frankfort specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for East Frankfort.
About East Frankfort, New York
East Frankfort lies cradled in a gentle depression where the Mohawk River makes its slow, deliberate passage, its banks a tapestry of wild grasses and the occasional, stoic willow. It lies 10.4 miles east-south-east of Utica, NY (from Utica, NY: bearing 121°T), and is situated 1.2 miles west-north-west of Ilion. The land here breathes a damp, fertile air, the kind that clings to your skin on a humid summer afternoon and carries the faint, sweet scent of ripening apples from distant orchards. Rolling hills, softened by a century or more of cultivation, rise on either side of the river valley, their slopes a patchwork quilt of emerald fields and darker, brooding forests, their edges blurred by the haze of distance. In the late afternoon, the sun dips low, casting long, theatrical shadows that stretch across the meadows, painting the landscape in hues of amber and rose, a quiet spectacle for anyone paying attention. The very air seems to hold a certain stillness, broken only by the distant rumble of a train or the contented lowing of cattle from a pasture. The history of East Frankfort is deeply intertwined with the Erie Canal, a ribbon of commerce that once pulsed with the lifeblood of a burgeoning nation, its legacy still visible in the weathered locks and abandoned towpaths that whisper of a busier past. Though the canal's heyday has long since faded, the spirit of industriousness persists, now finding its expression in the quiet hum of local businesses and the steady rhythm of agricultural life that defines the region. Agriculture remains the backbone, with fields of corn and soybeans stretching towards the horizon, and small family farms still dotting the countryside, their barns weathered red and their silos standing like sentinels against the sky. This is a place where the past is not forgotten but worn lightly, an undercurrent beneath the surface of everyday life, visible in the sturdy architecture of older homes and the enduring traditions of its people, who have learned to adapt and endure with a quiet resilience.
Live animated radar for East Frankfort 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 | East Frankfort, Herkimer County, New York |
| Coordinates | 43.022848°N, 75.055991°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 13357 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This East Frankfort, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for East Frankfort, 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 East Frankfort includes coordinates 43.022848°N, 75.055991°W, situated in Herkimer County. ZIP code 13357. 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. 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.
