Fort Plain, New York Weather
Fort Plain, 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 Fort Plain, Montgomery County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Fort Plain. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Fort Plain is published on the Sharon Airport (K31) page, 17 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 Fort Plain 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 Fort Plain: Fulton County Airport (KNY0) 25 km · Cooperstown-Westville Airport (KK23) 40 km · Frankfort-Highland Airport (K6B4) 46 km · Schenectady County Airport (KSCH) 57 km · Piseco Airport (KK09) 59 km
Conditions reported at K31 describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fort Plain specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Fort Plain, New York
Fort Plain rises from the Mohawk Valley floor, a place where the land gently unfurls like a rumpled quilt of green and gold. It lies 28.9 miles west of Glenville, NY (from Glenville, NY: bearing 270°T). The broad shoulders of hills, softened by centuries of wind and rain, cradle the low-lying fields that stretch towards the wide, slow-moving river. Here, the air often carries the sweet, earthy scent of turned soil and the distant hum of agricultural machinery, a sound that seems to blend with the chirping of unseen meadowlarks. The light at dusk possesses a particular quality, a warm, buttery glow that lingers long after the sun dips below the western horizon, casting long, languid shadows across the cultivated acres. This land has a history etched in the very lines of its terrain, a story that begins with the strategic importance of its namesake fort, a bulwark against the wilder frontiers of early America. The fertile soil of the Mohawk Valley, a gift from glaciers long departed, has sustained generations of farmers, and agriculture remains the quiet heartbeat of Fort Plain's economy, with dairy farms and crop fields defining the visual landscape. Evidence of past industry, perhaps a weathered brick building or a forgotten canal lock, whispers of a time when the river was a busier thoroughfare, carrying goods and dreams. The enduring spirit of this place, however, is found in the unpretentious rhythm of everyday life, a steady cadence that acknowledges its past while looking towards the horizon with a quiet, enduring hope.
Live animated radar for Fort Plain 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 | Fort Plain, Montgomery County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.931462°N, 74.622642°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 13339 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fort Plain, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fort Plain, 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 Fort Plain includes coordinates 42.931462°N, 74.622642°W, situated in Montgomery County. ZIP code 13339. 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.
