Sand Lake, New York Weather
Sand Lake, 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 Sand Lake, Rensselaer County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Sand Lake. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Sand Lake is published on the Albany International Airport (KALB) page, 25 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 Sand Lake 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 Sand Lake: Harriman and West Airport (KAQW) 31 km · Pittsfield Municipal Airport (KPSF) 31 km · William H Morse State Airport (KDDH) 37 km · Schenectady County Airport (KSCH) 40 km · Columbia County Airport (K1B1) 41 km
Conditions reported at KALB describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sand Lake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sand Lake.
About Sand Lake, New York
Sand Lake rests in a broad, shallow valley, a place where the land exhales in gentle swells and then gathers itself into the low, rounded shoulders of the Taconic foothills. It lies 9.9 miles south-east of Troy, NY (from Troy, NY: bearing 129°T), and is situated 8.8 miles east-north-east of East Greenbush. Pine and oak, their branches often heavy with recent snow or the damp breath of summer fog, crowd the edges of open fields, their colors shifting from the deep, somber greens of evergreen to the fiery golds and rusts of autumn. The air here carries a clean, crisp scent, a mixture of damp earth, pine needles, and the distant, faint aroma of woodsmoke that seems to cling to the very fabric of the afternoon light. The terrain, a mosaic of wooded slopes and meadows, slopes subtly towards the lake itself, a wide, placid mirror reflecting the ever-changing sky. The history of Sand Lake is tied to the very earth it occupies, a land shaped by glacial retreat and later by the steady hand of early settlers drawn to its fertile soil and abundant timber. For generations, the local economy pulsed with the rhythm of agriculture and small-scale lumber operations, the clearings in the forest gradually widening to accommodate farms and homesteads. Today, the echoes of that past remain, though the pace of life has softened, and Sand Lake has become a haven for those seeking a quieter existence, a place where the memory of hardworking hands still seems to linger in the sturdy construction of old barns and the weathered faces of its enduring residents. The lake, once a vital resource, now serves primarily as a picturesque heart, its shores dotted with homes and offering quiet recreation, a gentle reminder of the simpler times that still hold sway.
Live animated radar for Sand Lake 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 | Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.637302°N, 73.54067°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 12018, 12153 |
| Area Code | 518 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sand Lake, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sand Lake, 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 Sand Lake includes coordinates 42.637302°N, 73.540670°W, situated in Rensselaer County. ZIP code 12018, 12153. 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. 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.
