Grand Island, New York Weather
Grand Island, 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 Grand Island, Erie County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Grand Island. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Grand Island is published on the Niagara Falls International Airport (KIAG) 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. 4 airfields within reach of Grand Island 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 Grand Island: Buffalo Niagara International Airport (KBUF) 21 km · North Buffalo Suburban Airport (K0G0) 23 km · Buffalo Lancaster Regional Airport (KBQR) 31 km
Conditions reported at KIAG describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Grand Island specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Grand Island.
About Grand Island, New York
Grand Island rises from the churning waters of the Niagara River like a forgotten emerald, a broad expanse of land where the sky seems to press down with a tangible weight, especially on those late autumn afternoons when the air bites with a promise of snow. It lies 5.1 miles west of North Tonawanda, NY (from North Tonawanda, NY: bearing 261°T), and is situated 6.6 miles south-east of Niagara Falls. The landscape is a gentle, rolling terrain, a patchwork of dense woodlands, their leaves a riot of reds and golds under the late sun, interspersed with fields that lie fallow or are given over to the quiet cultivation of crops. The riverbanks are a constant presence, a whisper of ceaseless flow, sometimes wide and placid, at others narrowing with an almost impatient urgency. Here, the wind carries the scent of damp earth and the distant, metallic tang of industry from the mainland, a subtle counterpoint to the wilder, untamed spirit of the island's interior. The story of Grand Island is etched not in grand monuments but in the slow, persistent work of generations who found their livelihood along its shores and within its fertile soil. Once a place of Lenape hunting grounds, its modern character began to coalesce with the arrival of European settlers, drawn by the promise of agriculture and the bounty of the river. The island’s economy has long been tied to the land, with farming providing a steady pulse, though the shadow of Buffalo’s industrial might has always been close. Today, the island retains a distinct quietude, a character shaped by its isolation and the enduring allure of its natural spaces, particularly Beaver Island State Park, where the sun bleeds across the water at dusk, painting the sky in hues of bruised plum and molten gold.
Live animated radar for Grand Island 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 | Grand Island, Erie County, New York |
| Coordinates | 43.0276°N, 78.964°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 14072 |
| Area Code | 716 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Grand Island, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Grand Island, 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 Grand Island includes coordinates 43.027600°N, 78.964000°W, situated in Erie County. ZIP code 14072. 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.
