Kensington, New York Weather
Kensington, 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 Kensington, Kings County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Kensington. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Kensington is published on the John F. Kennedy International Airport (KJFK) page, 16 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 Kensington 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 Kensington: LaGuardia Airport (KLGA) 17 km · Newark Liberty International Airport (KEWR) 18 km · Linden Airport (KLDJ) 23 km · Teterboro Airport (KTEB) 24 km · Essex County Airport (KCDW) 36 km
Conditions reported at KJFK describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kensington specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kensington.
About Kensington, New York
Kensington unfolds with a quiet solidity, its blocks and streets forming a familiar, comforting grid against the broader sweep of Brooklyn’s topography. The land here, neither dramatically hilly nor flatly monotonous, possesses a subtle undulation, a gentle rise and fall that guides the eye and the footfall. Mature trees, their canopies reaching toward the sky, cast dappled patterns on sidewalks and lawns, their leaves whispering in the prevailing breezes that carry the faint, salty tang of the distant Atlantic. The architecture, a varied collection of brownstones, apartment buildings, and more modest homes, speaks of generations of settlement, each brick and cornice a quiet testament to lives lived and stories woven into the very fabric of the neighborhood. The air itself, especially in the soft light of late afternoon, seems to hold a certain warmth, a lingering luminescence that softens the edges of the urban landscape. The story of Kensington is one of continuous adaptation, a narrative shaped by the ebb and flow of arrivals and departures, of changing economies and evolving aspirations. Once part of a larger agricultural expanse, the land gradually yielded to the relentless march of development, transforming fields into thoroughfares and farmsteads into residences. Its history is inextricably linked to the waves of immigrants who found their footing here, bringing with them their dreams and their labor, which in turn fueled the local economy, from small workshops and retail establishments to the burgeoning service industries that sustain Kensington today. Though not defined by a single, grand landmark, Kensington possesses a distinctive character, a palpable sense of community that thrives in its bustling commercial strips and its quieter residential enclaves, where the rhythm of daily life is marked by the opening of local bakeries, the chatter of children on their way to school, and the steady hum of a neighborhood deeply rooted in its present while carrying the echoes of its past.
Live animated radar for Kensington 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 | Kensington, Kings County, New York |
| Coordinates | 40.646215°N, 73.970694°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 11218, 11021 |
| Area Code | 718, 347, 929 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kensington, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kensington, 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 Kensington includes coordinates 40.646215°N, 73.970694°W, situated in Kings County. ZIP code 11218, 11021. Telephone area code: 718, 347, 929. 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.
