Hillcrest, New York Weather
Hillcrest, 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 Hillcrest, Allegany County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Hillcrest. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Hillcrest is published on the Cattaraugus County-Olean Airport (KOLE) page, 20 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 Hillcrest 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 Hillcrest: Arcade Tri County Airport (KD23) 27 km · Wellsville Municipal Airport - Tarantine Field (KELZ) 35 km · Perry-Warsaw Airport (K01G) 42 km · Hornell Municipal Airport (KHTF) 43 km · Dansville Municipal Airport (KDSV) 46 km
Conditions reported at KOLE describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hillcrest specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hillcrest.
About Hillcrest, New York
Hillcrest rests in a valley cradled by the rolling Allegany highlands, where the land swells and recedes like a slumbering giant. It lies 38.4 miles south-east of Orchard Park, NY (from Orchard Park, NY: bearing 134°T), and is situated 2.7 miles west of Caneadea. The air here, particularly in the long, cool evenings of late summer, carries the scent of damp earth and pine, a clean, wild perfume. Farm fields, etched with the patient lines of cultivation, spread across the lower slopes, their greens and golds softening as they meet the denser, shadowed woods of oak and maple that climb higher. Brothers Creek, a ribbon of cool, clear water, meanders through the heart of the valley, its surface catching the sky's changing moods, from the sharp blue of midday to the bruised purples and oranges of twilight. The houses of Hillcrest are scattered with a kind of quiet intention, their roofs a patchwork of weathered shingles and newer metal, each seeming to acknowledge the surrounding immensity of nature. The story of Hillcrest is written in the slow turn of seasons and the enduring spirit of its people, a legacy rooted in the land's bounty. Once a place where logging teams carved their livelihoods from the dense forests, its economy has since shifted, finding new rhythms in agriculture and small-scale manufacturing. The gentle hum of tractors on distant fields is a familiar soundtrack, punctuated by the occasional rumble of a truck heading towards larger markets. While no grand monuments mark its past, the very architecture of the older barns and the sturdy, unpretentious homes whisper of generations who worked this soil, their lives interwoven with the cycles of planting and harvest. The local grange hall, a simple, clapboard building, still serves as a gathering place, a testament to the enduring bonds of community forged in shared labor and simple fellowship.
Live animated radar for Hillcrest 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 | Hillcrest, Allegany County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.379232°N, 78.20529°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 14717, 10977 |
| Area Code | 607, 914 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hillcrest, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hillcrest, 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 Hillcrest includes coordinates 42.379232°N, 78.205290°W, situated in Allegany County. ZIP code 14717, 10977. Telephone area code: 607, 914. 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.
