Raquette Lake, New York Weather
Raquette 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 Raquette Lake, Hamilton County.
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About Raquette Lake, New York
Raquette Lake lies like a spilled sapphire amidst the Adirondack wilderness, its waters a deep, cool blue reflecting the towering, ancient pines that crowd its shores. It lies 57.0 miles north-north-east of Utica, NY (from Utica, NY: bearing 30°T), and is situated 19.3 miles west of Indian Lake. The landscape here is a study in rugged grandeur, a place where granite outcroppings, smoothed by millennia of ice and wind, emerge from the dense, emerald forest. The air, especially in the early morning, carries a crisp, pine-scented chill that seems to penetrate to the bone, a bracing reminder of the wildness that surrounds Raquette Lake. Dusk often paints the western sky in bruised purples and fiery oranges, a silent spectacle mirrored on the lake's glassy surface, a fleeting moment of profound beauty before the velvet darkness descends. This is a place shaped by the grand estates of Gilded Age magnates who sought solace and status among these remote peaks, their opulent camps now largely a memory, their echoes whispered by the rustling leaves. The local economy, once tied to logging and the burgeoning tourism of a bygone era, now finds its pulse in the seasonal influx of visitors drawn to the pristine waters and the vast network of trails. The Adirondack League Club, a venerable institution, still holds sway over significant tracts of land, a guardian of the wild character that defines Raquette Lake. The quiet hum of seaplanes, taking off and landing on the lake's broad expanse, is a modern counterpoint to the historical whispers of steamships and the distant call of a loon, a sound that seems to carry the very soul of the wilderness.
Live animated radar for Raquette Lake and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Raquette Lake, Hamilton County, New York |
| Coordinates | 43.81312°N, 74.65739°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 13436 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Raquette Lake, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Raquette 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 Raquette Lake includes coordinates 43.813120°N, 74.657390°W, situated in Hamilton County. ZIP code 13436. 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.
