Frankfort, New York Weather
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 Frankfort, Herkimer County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Frankfort. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Frankfort is published on the Frankfort-Highland Airport (K6B4) page, 8 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 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 Frankfort: Griffiss International Airport (KRME) 35 km · Hamilton Municipal Airport (KVGC) 46 km · Cooperstown-Westville Airport (KK23) 48 km · Becks Grove Airport (KK16) 49 km · Sharon Airport (K31) 50 km
Conditions reported at K6B4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Frankfort specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Frankfort.
About Frankfort, New York
Frankfort lies cradled in a valley where the land begins its slow, deliberate rise toward the Adirondack foothills, a place where the Mohawk River, a ribbon of mercury in the morning sun, has shaped the terrain with a patient hand. It lies 9.2 miles east-south-east of Utica, NY (from Utica, NY: bearing 118°T), and is situated 2.4 miles north-west of Ilion. The houses, many with porches that seem to lean into the afternoon light, line streets that follow the river's gentle curve, their gardens a riot of late summer blooms spilling over low stone walls. Elm trees, broad and stoic, cast dappled shadows across the sidewalks, and the air, even in August, carries the cool, damp scent of earth and the distant murmur of water over stones. The hills that flank Frankfort are cloaked in a dense green, a quiet, watchful presence, their slopes etched with the faint trails of deer and the occasional whisper of wind through pine needles. The history of Frankfort is deeply entwined with the Erie Canal, a mighty artery that once pulsed with the lifeblood of commerce, and though the canal itself lies a little distance away, its legacy lingers in the quiet hum of industry that still characterizes the area. Mill buildings, their brickwork softened by time and moss, stand as silent witnesses to a past of bustling activity, and the local economy, while diversified, still draws a steady breath from the agricultural lands that surround Frankfort, where fields of corn and hay ripple under the vast, indifferent sky. There's a palpable sense of continuity here, a feeling that the past is not so much buried as it is woven into the very fabric of daily life, a quiet resilience evident in the weathered faces of those who have called Frankfort home for generations.
Live animated radar for 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 | Frankfort, Herkimer County, New York |
| Coordinates | 43.038959°N, 75.070436°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 13340 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Frankfort, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for 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 Frankfort includes coordinates 43.038959°N, 75.070436°W, situated in Herkimer County. ZIP code 13340. 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.
