Helena, New York Weather
Helena, 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 Helena, St. Lawrence County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Helena. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Helena is published on the Massena International Airport Richards Field (KMSS) 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. 3 airfields within reach of Helena 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 Helena: Malone Dufort Airport (KMAL) 32 km · Potsdam Municipal Airport Damon Field (KPTD) 32 km
Conditions reported at KMSS describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Helena specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Helena.
About Helena, New York
Helena rests in a quiet embrace of the St. Lawrence River valley, where the land gently unfurls into fertile fields and stands of deciduous trees. It lies 80.5 miles west-north-west of Burlington, VT (from Burlington, VT: bearing 293°T), and is situated 8.1 miles east of Massena. The air here carries the clean scent of pine and damp earth, a constant reminder of the wilder country that presses in from all sides. Streams, born from the higher ground to the south, thread their way through the terrain, their waters glinting like slivers of mercury under the vast, often cloud-streaked sky. The houses of Helena are scattered, some clustered near the crossroads, others standing sentinel on isolated farmsteads, their weathered barns and silos testament to a life lived in close communion with the seasons. The history of Helena is written in the slow turning of the earth and the persistent labor of its inhabitants. Its early days were shaped by the demands of agriculture, the clearing of forests for pasture and the planting of crops that have sustained families for generations. The local economy, though modest, still draws strength from the land, with dairy farms and small lumber operations forming its backbone. The quiet hum of machinery at the local feed mill or the occasional rumble of a tractor on a distant road are the sounds that mark the passage of time. There are no grand monuments here, only the enduring presence of the landscape itself, a subtle beauty in the way the light falls through the leaves in late afternoon, painting the fields in hues of gold and russet.
Live animated radar for Helena 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 | Helena, St. Lawrence County, New York |
| Coordinates | 44.921718°N, 74.726297°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 13613, 13649 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Helena, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Helena, 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 Helena includes coordinates 44.921718°N, 74.726297°W, situated in St. Lawrence County. ZIP code 13613, 13649. 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.
