Mohonk Lake, New York Weather
Mohonk Lake, 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 Mohonk Lake, Ulster County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Mohonk Lake. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Mohonk Lake is published on the Joseph Y Resnick Airport (KN89) page, 19 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 Mohonk Lake 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 Mohonk Lake: Dutchess County Airport (KPOU) 28 km · Kingston-Ulster Airport (K20N) 29 km · New York Stewart International Airport (KSWF) 30 km · Orange County Airport (KMGJ) 30 km · Randall Airport (K06N) 42 km
Conditions reported at KN89 describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mohonk Lake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mohonk Lake.
About Mohonk Lake, New York
Mohonk Lake rests like a sapphire heart within the Shawangunk Ridge, its dark waters reflecting the stoic, ancient faces of the surrounding cliffs. It lies 11.4 miles north of Wallkill, NY (from Wallkill, NY: bearing 7°T), and is situated 3.8 miles west-north-west of New Paltz. The air here carries a crisp, pine-scented coolness, even in the height of summer, a balm against the humid breath of the Hudson Valley. Jagged outcroppings of conglomerate rock, worn smooth by millennia of wind and rain, rise sheer from the shoreline, their surfaces a mosaic of lichen and moss, offering a stark, dramatic counterpoint to the placid surface of the lake. Dense stands of hemlock and oak crowd the slopes, their branches reaching out like gnarled fingers, filtering the sunlight into shifting patterns on the forest floor. The quiet here is profound, broken only by the distant cry of a hawk or the gentle lapping of water against stone. The history of Mohonk Lake is deeply entwined with the vision of Alfred and Hannah Smiley, who transformed a rustic mountain house into a renowned resort in the late 19th century, attracting a clientele that included presidents and intellectuals. Their Quaker ideals of peace and temperance permeated the atmosphere, fostering a unique culture of intellectual discourse and healthy living that still lingers. The economic life of Mohonk Lake, while no longer dominated by its grand hotel, remains tied to its natural splendor, drawing visitors for hiking, climbing, and the sheer, untamed beauty of the Shawangunks. Local traditions are subtle, a quiet appreciation for the land, a respect for the enduring spirit of this place that has weathered the passage of time and the changing tides of human endeavor.
Live animated radar for Mohonk Lake 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 | Mohonk Lake, Ulster County, New York |
| Coordinates | 41.768704°N, 74.155701°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 12561 |
| Area Code | 845 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mohonk Lake, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mohonk Lake, 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 Mohonk Lake includes coordinates 41.768704°N, 74.155701°W, situated in Ulster County. ZIP code 12561. Telephone area code: 845. 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.
