Poplar Ridge, New York Weather
Poplar Ridge, 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 Poplar Ridge, Cayuga County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Poplar Ridge. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Poplar Ridge is published on the Owasco Airport (K2N4) page, 11 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 Poplar Ridge 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 Poplar Ridge: Finger Lakes Regional Airport (K0G7) 21 km · Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport (KITH) 30 km · Cortland County Chase Field (KN03) 37 km · Penn Yan Airport (KPEO) 37 km · Whitfords Airport (KB16) 39 km
Conditions reported at K2N4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Poplar Ridge specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Poplar Ridge.
About Poplar Ridge, New York
Poplar Ridge unfolds across a landscape that speaks of gentle erosion and patient seasons. It lies 13.6 miles south of Auburn, NY (from Auburn, NY: bearing 191°T), and is situated 6.4 miles north-west of Genoa. Here, the land rises and falls in a soft, rolling manner, not with the sharp drama of mountains, but with the enduring grace of hills that have witnessed centuries. The dominant hue is a deep, rich green, a testament to the fertile soil that supports dense stands of trees, their leaves rustling with a sound like distant water in the soft breezes. Open fields, often patchwork quilts of golden corn or verdant alfalfa, punctuate the woodland, their boundaries softened by the encroaching wildness. The air itself carries a clean, earthy scent, particularly potent after a rain, mingled with the faint, sweet perfume of ripening apples in late summer. Even on a bright day, there’s a contemplative stillness to the light that filters through the canopy, lending a quiet, almost reverent atmosphere to the surroundings. The history of Poplar Ridge is deeply entwined with the agricultural spirit that has shaped Cayuga County. For generations, this land has been coaxed into yielding its bounty, the economy historically rooted in the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock. While the broad strokes of farming remain, the landscape also whispers of a past where smaller homesteads dotted the hillsides, their foundations now softened back into the earth. There's a quiet resilience here, a sense of continuity that can be felt in the weathered barns and the meticulously maintained fences that still delineate property lines. The very character of Poplar Ridge is one of enduring substance, not built on grand pronouncements, but on the steady, honest work of people who understood the land and its rhythms, a tradition that still subtly informs the pace of life.
Live animated radar for Poplar Ridge 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 | Poplar Ridge, Cayuga County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.738404°N, 76.618°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 13026, 13139 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Poplar Ridge, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Poplar Ridge, 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 Poplar Ridge includes coordinates 42.738404°N, 76.618000°W, situated in Cayuga County. ZIP code 13026, 13139. Telephone area code: 315. 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.
