Port Leyden, 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 Port Leyden, Lewis County.
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Port Leyden rests in a valley carved by the Black River, its landscape a testament to the persistent sculpting of water and ice. It lies 26.2 miles north-north-east of Rome, NY (from Rome, NY: bearing 12°T), and is situated 6.9 miles north of Boonville. Steep hills, cloaked in deciduous forests that blaze with color in autumn, press in on either side, their slopes softened by a verdant carpet of moss and ferns. The river itself, a ribbon of cool, clear water, flows with a steady murmur, its banks occasionally marked by weathered wooden docks and the shadowy outlines of fishing boats. The air here often carries the damp, earthy scent of the woods, mingled with the clean fragrance of pine, especially after a rain shower, and on clear evenings, the light seems to linger, casting a gentle, almost golden hue across the undulating terrain. The history of Port Leyden is deeply entwined with the flow of the Black River and the industries it once powered. Early settlers were drawn to the water's potential for milling and lumber, and the town's economy historically revolved around these activities, with sawmills and paper mills dotting its early landscape. Remnants of this industrial past can still be glimpsed in the sturdy, if somewhat aged, brick structures that stand as silent witnesses to a bygone era. Today, while the grand scale of those mills has diminished, a quiet resilience persists, with local businesses catering to the needs of a close-knit community and the agricultural heritage of the surrounding countryside, where fields of corn and hay stretch towards the tree-lined horizons.
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| Location | Port Leyden, Lewis County, New York |
| Coordinates | 43.583125°N, 75.345175°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 13433 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Port Leyden, 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 Port Leyden includes coordinates 43.583125°N, 75.345175°W, situated in Lewis County. ZIP code 13433. 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. 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.