Howard, New York Weather
Howard, 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 Howard, Steuben County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Howard. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Howard is published on the Hornell Municipal Airport (KHTF) page, 14 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 Howard 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 Howard: Dansville Municipal Airport (KDSV) 28 km · Corning Painted Post Airport (K7N1) 39 km · Middlesex Valley Airport (K4N2) 43 km · Penn Yan Airport (KPEO) 48 km · Wellsville Municipal Airport - Tarantine Field (KELZ) 49 km
Conditions reported at KHTF describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Howard specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Howard.
About Howard, New York
Howard unfolds across a landscape of rolling hills, where the ochre of late autumn fields bleeds into the deep, shadowed greens of evergreen stands. It lies 40.6 miles west-north-west of Elmira, NY (from Elmira, NY: bearing 298°T), and is situated 8.2 miles east-north-east of Hornell. The air here, especially in the quiet of morning, carries the crisp, clean scent of pine and damp earth, a palpable presence that seems to settle into the very bones of the land. Brooding skies, often a bruised, dramatic purple before a storm, can give way to a startling, crystalline blue that washes over the broad valleys, illuminating the patchwork quilt of farms and woodlots. The roads, narrow and winding, follow the contours of the terrain with an almost organic logic, leading past weathered barns whose red paint has long since surrendered to the sun and wind, and through small clusters of homes that seem to have grown from the very soil. The history of Howard is a story etched in the persistent efforts of those who first cleared the land and sought sustenance from its fertile, though often challenging, ground. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of opportunity and the abundant natural resources, established a community built on agriculture and the quiet industry of milling and lumber. The economy, though diversified over time, still holds a deep connection to the land, with farms producing a variety of crops and livestock that form the backbone of local commerce. A distinctive feature of Howard is its enduring sense of self-reliance, a quiet pride in its ability to sustain itself, a characteristic reflected in the steady, unhurried rhythm of daily life, where neighbors still know and support one another, and the changing seasons dictate the pulse of the community.
Live animated radar for Howard 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 | Howard, Steuben County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.364237°N, 77.508876°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 14809, 14843 |
| Area Code | 607 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Howard, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Howard, 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 Howard includes coordinates 42.364237°N, 77.508876°W, situated in Steuben County. ZIP code 14809, 14843. 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.
