Harkness, New York Weather
Harkness, New York — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Harkness, Clinton County.
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About Harkness, New York
Harkness lies cradled in a broad, fertile valley where the land rises gently towards the forested shoulders of the Adirondack foothills. It lies 17.9 miles west of Burlington, VT (from Burlington, VT: bearing 281°T), and is situated 4.3 miles south-south-west of Peru. The air here carries the clean, damp scent of pine needles and the distant murmur of unseen streams, a constant reminder of the wilder country that presses in. Fields of corn and hay, burnished gold under the late summer sun, stretch out like rumpled blankets, punctuated by the darker green of woodlots. Old farmhouses, their clapboard weathered to a soft grey, stand sentinel against the sky, their windows reflecting the vast, indifferent blue. The overall impression is one of quiet endurance, a landscape that has been shaped by seasons and by the steady, unhurried hands of those who have worked its soil. The history of Harkness is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of this valley, a legacy that still defines its character. Early settlers, drawn by the rich loam and the promise of sustenance, cleared the land and established a community built on hard work and shared reliance. The echoes of those pioneering days can still be felt in the stoic, practical nature of its residents, a people accustomed to the predictable cycles of farming and the occasional sharp bite of a northern winter. While the demand for timber once fueled a modest local industry, today the economy of Harkness is largely agrarian, its fortunes tied to the yields of its fields and the health of its livestock. The occasional antique tractor lumbering down a country road, or the scent of freshly cut hay on the breeze, are small but potent indicators of a way of life that persists, a quiet testament to the land's enduring appeal.
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| Location | Harkness, Clinton County, New York |
| Coordinates | 44.523658°N, 73.569582°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 12972, 12921 |
| Area Code | 845 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Harkness, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Harkness, New York, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Harkness includes coordinates 44.523658°N, 73.569582°W, situated in Clinton County. ZIP code 12972, 12921. Telephone area code: 845. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
