Olean, New York Weather
Olean, 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 Olean, Cattaraugus County.
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About Olean, New York
Olean rests where the Allegany River, a broad and patient artery, flows through a landscape shaped by ancient hills. It lies 41.3 miles east of Jamestown, NY (from Jamestown, NY: bearing 92°T), and is situated 2.3 miles east of Saint Bonaventure. The terrain here is a study in gentle slopes and broad valleys, where the land rises and falls with the quiet persistence of water over stone. Sunlight, softened by the humidity of the eastern woodlands, often lays a hazy golden sheen over the scattered homes and businesses, particularly in the late afternoon when the air grows thick with the scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke. The river itself, a constant presence, dictates the town's orientation, its banks lined with trees that lean in as if sharing secrets with the water’s flow. This place, Olean, has long been a crossroads, its early prosperity tied to the timber that once floated down the Allegany, and later to the oil and gas that bubbled from its soil. Vestiges of its industrial past can still be seen in the sturdy brick buildings that line the downtown streets, a quiet testament to the hands that built them. Today, the economy hums with a more varied tune, a blend of manufacturing, education, and the services that support the surrounding rural communities. St. Bonaventure University adds a scholarly murmur to the town’s rhythm, its campus a green counterpoint to the more utilitarian structures of industry. The air here often carries the faint, sweet smell of paper manufacturing, a reminder of a significant local employer that has been part of Olean’s story for generations, a scent as much a part of its character as the river’s murmur.
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| Location | Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.077565°N, 78.429742°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 14760 |
| Area Code | 607 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Olean, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Olean, 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 Olean includes coordinates 42.077565°N, 78.429742°W, situated in Cattaraugus County. ZIP code 14760. Telephone area code: 607. 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.
