Madison, New York Weather
Madison, 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 Madison, Madison County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Madison. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Madison is published on the Hamilton Municipal Airport (KVGC) page, 7 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 Madison 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 Madison: Frankfort-Highland Airport (K6B4) 31 km · Lt Warren Eaton Airport (KOIC) 37 km · Griffiss International Airport (KRME) 38 km · Becks Grove Airport (KK16) 40 km · Syracuse Hancock International Airport (KSYR) 54 km
Conditions reported at KVGC describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Madison specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Madison.
About Madison, New York
Madison sits like a quiet exhalation amidst the rolling hills and fertile valleys of Central New York, where the land begins its gentle ascent towards the Adirondack foothills. It lies 19.1 miles east of Union, NY (from Union, NY: bearing 83°T), and is situated 8.3 miles south-west of Hanover. The air here, particularly in the early morning, carries a crisp, clean scent, a mingling of damp earth and distant pine. Fields of corn and soybeans, stitched together by hedgerows and the occasional stand of mature oak, stretch towards a horizon often softened by a hazy, pale blue sky. The Chenango River, a silver ribbon, meanders through the outskirts, its banks fringed with willows that droop with a languid grace, reflecting the slow, steady pulse of the countryside. Even the clapboard houses, painted in muted blues and greens, seem to absorb the placid, unhurried quality of the landscape. This is a place where the echoes of farming past still resonate, the rhythm of the seasons dictating the cadence of life. For generations, the rich soil has sustained families, and though the agricultural landscape has evolved, the spirit of cultivation persists, with local produce finding its way to roadside stands in the warmer months. Madison’s roots are firmly planted in the agricultural heritage of the region, a heritage that shaped its early development and continues to subtly influence its character. The modest downtown, with its brick storefronts and a few enduring businesses, offers a glimpse into a time when local commerce was the heart of the community, a quiet testament to the enduring appeal of small-town life.
Live animated radar for Madison 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 | Madison, Madison County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.898958°N, 75.512122°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 13402 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Madison, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Madison, 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 Madison includes coordinates 42.898958°N, 75.512122°W, situated in Madison County. ZIP code 13402. Telephone area code: 315. 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.
