Menands, New York Weather
Menands, 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 for Menands, Albany County.
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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.
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| 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 | July 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, 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 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. 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.
