Menands, New York Weather
Menands, 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 Menands, Albany County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Menands. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Menands is published on the Albany International Airport (KALB) page, 9 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 Menands 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 Menands: Schenectady County Airport (KSCH) 24 km · Saratoga County Airport (K5B2) 42 km · Garnseys Airport (KB04) 43 km · Columbia County Airport (K1B1) 45 km · William H Morse State Airport (KDDH) 45 km
Conditions reported at KALB describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Menands specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Menands, New York
Menands rests on the eastern bank of the Hudson River, a place where the land slopes gently toward the water, its broad expanse reflecting a sky that can shift from a steely grey to a vibrant, bruised purple at dusk. It lies 3.0 miles south-south-west of Troy, NY (from Troy, NY: bearing 214°T), and is situated 3.2 miles north-north-east of Albany. The air here carries the faint, briny tang of the river, mingling with the scent of damp earth and the distant hum of traffic from the busier thoroughfares that thread through its modest sprawl. Broadleaf trees, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers, line the residential streets, their leaves rustling secrets in the breeze that whispers off the water. The terrain, a low-lying plain that has seen the river’s ebb and flow for millennia, offers a quiet, grounded presence, a consistent backdrop to the comings and goings of its inhabitants. The history of Menands is inextricably tied to the fertile land it occupies and the vital artery of the Hudson. For generations, it was a place of farms and orchards, feeding the growing cities downstream, a quiet testament to the enduring power of the soil. Later, as industry began to bloom along the riverfront, Menands found its place as a hub for commerce, its proximity to Albany and the broader capital region fostering a diverse local economy that continues to evolve. The old railroad lines, remnants of a bygone era of freight and passenger travel, still trace their paths through the landscape, silent witnesses to the relentless march of progress. Today, Menands retains a character shaped by both its agricultural roots and its more recent industrial past, a blend that gives the locality a unique, unassuming charm.
Live animated radar for Menands 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 | Menands, Albany County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.692023°N, 73.724564°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 12204 |
| Area Code | 518 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Menands, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Menands, 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 Menands includes coordinates 42.692023°N, 73.724564°W, situated in Albany County. ZIP code 12204. Telephone area code: 518. 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.
