Gowanda, New York Weather
Gowanda, 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 Gowanda, Cattaraugus County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Gowanda. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Gowanda is published on the Chautauqua County-Dunkirk Airport (KDKK) page, 28 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 Gowanda 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 Gowanda: Chautauqua County-Jamestown Airport (KJHW) 43 km · Arcade Tri County Airport (KD23) 43 km · Cattaraugus County-Olean Airport (KOLE) 52 km · Buffalo Niagara International Airport (KBUF) 56 km · Buffalo Lancaster Regional Airport (KBQR) 58 km
Conditions reported at KDKK describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gowanda specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Gowanda, New York
Gowanda rests in a valley where the Cattaraugus Creek, a ribbon of cool, often swift water, has patiently sculpted its way through the rolling hills of western New York. It lies 18.3 miles south-south-west of Hamburg, NY (from Hamburg, NY: bearing 197°T), and is situated 2.4 miles south-south-west of Collins. The air here, particularly in the hushed hours before dawn, carries the scent of damp earth and pine, a subtle perfume that mingles with the distant murmur of the creek. Streetlights cast a warm, amber glow on the sturdy brick buildings that line its main thoroughfares, their facades softened by the encroaching twilight, and the surrounding landscape, a patchwork of dense woodlands and cultivated fields, rises and falls with a quiet, enduring grace. This is a place where the echoes of early industry still resonate, a legacy etched in the very bones of Gowanda. The fertile lands surrounding the creek once supported thriving agriculture, and the water’s power was harnessed by gristmills and sawmills, their timbers now long since weathered. More recently, the town found a distinct identity tied to the manufacture of specialized vehicles, a testament to the ingenuity and hard work of its people. The rhythm of life in Gowanda is one of steady persistence, a quiet strength that seems to draw sustenance from the enduring landscape, a place where the past is not forgotten but rather woven into the fabric of the present, like the fine threads of a well-worn quilt.
Live animated radar for Gowanda 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.
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| Location | Gowanda, Cattaraugus County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.463117°N, 78.935868°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 14070 |
| Area Code | 716 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gowanda, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gowanda, 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 Gowanda includes coordinates 42.463117°N, 78.935868°W, situated in Cattaraugus County. ZIP code 14070. Telephone area code: 716. 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.
