Horseheads, New York Weather
Horseheads, 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 for Horseheads, Chemung County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Horseheads. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Horseheads is published on the Elmira Corning Regional Airport (KELM) page, 6 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. 5 airfields within reach of Horseheads 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 Horseheads: Corning Painted Post Airport (K7N1) 24 km · Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport (KITH) 47 km · Penn Yan Airport (KPEO) 56 km · Bradford County Airport (KN27) 57 km
Conditions reported at KELM describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Horseheads specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Horseheads, New York
Horseheads unfolds across a broad, gently sloping terrain, a landscape shaped by the ancient hand of glaciers and the persistent flow of its waterways. It lies 5.4 miles north of Elmira, NY (from Elmira, NY: bearing 353°T), and is situated 7.8 miles north of Southport. The sky here often feels vast, a pale blue canvas that can, in the late afternoon, bleed into hues of peach and lavender, casting a soft, diffused light over the neatly ordered streets and the fields that still hold their agricultural promise. Broad avenues, lined with mature trees whose branches reach out like welcoming arms, give way to quieter residential pockets where the quiet hum of everyday life is the dominant sound. The air, especially after a summer rain, carries a clean, earthy scent, a testament to the fertile soil that underpins this part of the Chemung Valley. The name Horseheads, though its origins are debated, conjures an image of the wilder past, a stark contrast to the settled, industrious present. This region’s history is deeply entwined with the development of transportation and industry, from the days of the Chemung Canal, which once served as a vital artery, to its current role as a hub for commerce and distribution, a fact evident in the steady stream of trucks that move through its arteries. The local economy, while diversified, still carries echoes of its agricultural roots, with the surrounding land yielding crops and supporting livestock, a quiet counterpoint to the more modern enterprises. There's a grounded practicality to Horseheads, a sense of a community that understands the value of hard work and the quiet satisfaction of a job well done, a spirit that has endured through generations.
Live animated radar for Horseheads 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 | Horseheads, Chemung County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.167019°N, 76.820512°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 14845 |
| Area Code | 607 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Horseheads, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Horseheads, 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 Horseheads includes coordinates 42.167019°N, 76.820512°W, situated in Chemung County. ZIP code 14845. Telephone area code: 607. 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.
