Kennedy, New York — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Kennedy, Chautauqua County.
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Kennedy breathes the quiet, rolling hum of western New York, a place where the land itself seems to lean into the sky. It lies 8.0 miles east-north-east of Jamestown, NY (from Jamestown, NY: bearing 59°T), and is situated 5.6 miles east-north-east of Falconer. Here, the terrain is a soft, persistent undulation, sculpted by glaciers long past, now carpeted in fields of corn and soybeans that shimmer with an almost liquid gold as the sun begins its descent. The air, particularly in late afternoon, carries a clean, earthy scent, a blend of turned soil and the distant, sweet perfume of ripening apples. Old farmhouses, their clapboard weathered to a gentle silver, stand sentinel against the horizon, their porches often adorned with rocking chairs that seem to wait patiently for the day's work to conclude. The Elm Creek, a modest ribbon of water, winds its way through the landscape, its banks fringed with willows whose branches trail like green hair in the breeze, reflecting the vast, open sky above. The history of Kennedy is etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring spirit of its people and the land they have worked for generations. This was a place shaped by agriculture, by families who cleared the forests and coaxed life from the rich, dark soil, and that legacy continues to define its economy. While the days of large-scale manufacturing are largely a memory, the agricultural roots remain strong, with local farms supplying produce to wider markets and small businesses catering to the needs of a close-knit community. The rhythm of life in Kennedy is dictated by the seasons, by the planting and the harvest, a steady, unhurried pulse that resonates through the quiet streets and the surrounding countryside. Occasionally, a splash of unexpected color breaks the green and gold – a vibrant mural on the side of a grain silo, or the bright blooms spilling from window boxes, hinting at a deeper artistic current beneath the surface of this enduringly pastoral locale.
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| Location | Kennedy, Chautauqua County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.157282°N, 79.101988°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 14747 |
| Area Code | 607 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kennedy, New York, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Kennedy includes coordinates 42.157282°N, 79.101988°W, situated in Chautauqua County. ZIP code 14747. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.