Ithaca, New York Weather
Ithaca, 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 Ithaca, Tompkins County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Ithaca. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Ithaca is published on the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport (KITH) 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. 6 airfields within reach of Ithaca 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 Ithaca: Cortland County Chase Field (KN03) 29 km · Owasco Airport (K2N4) 33 km · Elmira Corning Regional Airport (KELM) 45 km · Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link field (KBGM) 50 km · Penn Yan Airport (KPEO) 50 km
Conditions reported at KITH describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ithaca specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Ithaca, New York
Ithaca spills down the dramatic southern tip of Cayuga Lake, a place where the glacial sculpting of the land is still vividly apparent. It lies 2.9 miles east-south-east of Tompkins, NY (from Tompkins, NY: bearing 114°T), and is situated 3.1 miles south-south-west of Lansing. Steep gorges, their walls slick with moss and fern, cleave the earth, their depths echoing with the insistent murmur of waterfalls that tumble through ancient rock. The air itself carries a crisp, cool tang, hinting at the forested hills that rise beyond the town's embrace, their slopes a patchwork of deciduous green that ignites with fiery hues in the autumn. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-brooding skies, falls in broad, benevolent shafts, illuminating the vibrant energy of a community that seems both grounded and perpetually reaching upward. This is a place where the hum of academic pursuit, anchored by its renowned university, intertwines with the quiet industriousness of its agricultural roots and a burgeoning spirit of innovation. For generations, the fertile soil of Tompkins County has yielded its bounty, and the legacy of farming is still visible in the surrounding countryside, a landscape that once powered mills and fed nearby settlements. Today, the town’s economy is a dynamic blend, a testament to its intellectual heart and a forward-looking embrace of technology and sustainable enterprise. The very stones of Ithaca seem to hold whispers of its past, from the indigenous peoples who first navigated these waterways to the settlers who built their lives along the lake’s edge, a history palpable in the enduring beauty of its natural wonders and the determined spirit of its people.
Live animated radar for Ithaca 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 | Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.440628°N, 76.496607°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 14850, 14853, 14851, 14852 |
| Area Code | 607 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ithaca, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ithaca, 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 Ithaca includes coordinates 42.440628°N, 76.496607°W, situated in Tompkins County. ZIP code 14850, 14853, 14851, 14852. 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.
