Groton, New York Weather
Groton, 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 Groton, Tompkins County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Groton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Groton is published on the Cortland County Chase Field (KN03) page, 12 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 Groton 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 Groton: Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport (KITH) 13 km · Owasco Airport (K2N4) 19 km · Finger Lakes Regional Airport (K0G7) 47 km · Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link field (KBGM) 53 km · Penn Yan Airport (KPEO) 56 km
Conditions reported at KN03 describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Groton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Groton.
About Groton, New York
Groton rests within a landscape shaped by the slow, persistent work of glaciers, where rolling hills give way to valleys that cradle small streams and fertile fields. It lies 12.1 miles north-north-east of Ithaca, NY (from Ithaca, NY: bearing 33°T), and is situated 9.5 miles west of Cortland. The air here often carries the damp scent of earth and pine, especially after a summer shower, and the light at dusk can paint the western sky in bruised purples and fading oranges, a quiet spectacle that settles over the modest homes and weathered barns. The terrain, a gentle rise and fall, suggests a land that has yielded to human cultivation without a fight, its contours softened by generations of farming and the steady presence of deciduous forests that blaze with color in the autumn. The history of Groton is intertwined with the agricultural heart of upstate New York, its economy once buoyed by dairy farms and the timber industry that cleared the land for those pastures and fields. While the echoes of that past can still be felt in the sturdy architecture and the enduring connection to the soil, the present-day character of Groton is also marked by its proximity to larger centers of learning and innovation, drawing a blend of long-time residents and newer arrivals seeking a quieter pace of life. The local stream, a modest waterway, flows with a steady, unhurried purpose, a constant reminder of the natural forces that have shaped this corner of Tompkins County.
Live animated radar for Groton 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 | Groton, Tompkins County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.587849°N, 76.366879°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 13073 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Groton, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Groton, 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 Groton includes coordinates 42.587849°N, 76.366879°W, situated in Tompkins County. ZIP code 13073. 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.
