Forest Home, New York Weather
Forest Home, 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 for Forest Home, Tompkins County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Forest Home. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Forest Home is published on the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport (KITH) 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 Forest Home 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 Forest Home: Cortland County Chase Field (KN03) 26 km · Owasco Airport (K2N4) 32 km · Elmira Corning Regional Airport (KELM) 48 km · Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link field (KBGM) 48 km · Tri Cities Airport (KCZG) 52 km
Conditions reported at KITH describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Forest Home specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Forest Home, New York
Forest Home breathes a quiet, verdant life, its landscape a rolling tapestry of dense woodlands and open fields, where the very air seems to hold the scent of damp earth and pine needles. It lies 1.7 miles east-north-east of Ithaca, NY (from Ithaca, NY: bearing 58°T), and is situated 4.1 miles east of Tompkins. The terrain, a gentle undulation of hills, slopes down towards the shimmering waters of Cayuga Lake, a constant, cool presence that dictates the subtle moods of the seasons. Here, the rhythm of life is measured by the slow unfurling of ferns in the spring and the crisp crackle of fallen leaves in autumn, a natural cadence that seeps into the very character of the place. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, casts a dappled, almost ethereal glow on moss-covered rocks and the winding paths that disappear into the deeper woods. The history of Forest Home is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of the Finger Lakes region, its fertile soil long supporting the cultivation of orchards and vineyards that still dot the surrounding hillsides. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of rich land and abundant natural resources, laid the foundations for a community that has always valued both hard work and a connection to the land. While the hum of modern industry is present, it is a subdued murmur, existing alongside the enduring legacy of a simpler economy, where the quality of the harvest and the craftsmanship of local artisans still hold sway. The nearby presence of Cornell University, a beacon of scholarship and innovation, casts a subtle intellectual current through Forest Home, yet the dominant feeling remains one of quiet, enduring rural charm, a place where the past and present coexist in a peaceful, unhurried embrace.
Live animated radar for Forest Home 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 | Forest Home, Tompkins County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.453684°N, 76.467995°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 14850 |
| Area Code | 607 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Forest Home, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Forest Home, 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 Forest Home includes coordinates 42.453684°N, 76.467995°W, situated in Tompkins County. ZIP code 14850. Telephone area code: 607. 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.
