Nassau Lake, New York Weather
Nassau Lake, 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, soil and crop conditions for Nassau Lake, Rensselaer County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Nassau Lake.
About Nassau Lake, New York
Nassau Lake rests in a bowl of rounded hills, a placid expanse reflecting a sky that often turns a bruised lavender at dusk. It lies 11.1 miles south-east of Albany, NY (from Albany, NY: bearing 136°T), and is situated 6.2 miles south-east of East Greenbush. Its waters, a deep, cool green, are fringed by stands of mature deciduous trees – oak and maple primarily – their branches reaching out like welcoming arms. The terrain surrounding Nassau Lake is a gentle, rolling countryside, where fields of corn and soybeans give way to patches of woodland, and narrow country roads wind their way through the landscape. The air here carries the faint, sweet scent of ripening hay in the summer and the crisp, clean tang of frost in the autumn. The history of Nassau Lake is tied to the agricultural rhythms of Rensselaer County, a place where generations have worked the land. Early settlers, drawn by the fertile soil and the promise of a quiet life, established farms that still dot the countryside, their weathered barns standing as silent sentinels. While its origins are agricultural, Nassau Lake has also seen periods of modest industrial activity, with small mills and workshops once humming along its streams. Today, the economy is a blend of that agrarian heritage and a growing reliance on the nearby larger cities, with many residents commuting for work while cherishing the slower pace of life here. The lake itself remains a focal point, a place for quiet reflection and summer recreation, its surface often rippled by the gentle passage of canoes and small fishing boats.
Live animated radar for Nassau Lake and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Nassau Lake, Rensselaer County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.5366°N, 73.6059°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 12123 |
| Area Code | 518 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Nassau Lake, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Nassau Lake, 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 Nassau Lake includes coordinates 42.536600°N, 73.605900°W, situated in Rensselaer County. ZIP code 12123. 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.
