Shirley, New York Weather
Shirley, 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 Shirley, Erie County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Shirley. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Shirley is published on the Chautauqua County-Dunkirk Airport (KDKK) page, 31 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 Shirley 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 Shirley: Arcade Tri County Airport (KD23) 40 km · Buffalo Niagara International Airport (KBUF) 43 km · Buffalo Lancaster Regional Airport (KBQR) 46 km · Chautauqua County-Jamestown Airport (KJHW) 55 km · Cattaraugus County-Olean Airport (KOLE) 58 km
Conditions reported at KDKK describe the airfield itself. Weather 31 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Shirley specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Shirley.
About Shirley, New York
Shirley lies a quiet sentinel in the rolling terrain of Erie County, a place where the land itself seems to exhale slowly. It lies 10.5 miles south-south-west of Hamburg, NY (from Hamburg, NY: bearing 204°T), and is situated 7.4 miles south-east of Evans. Fields, often a patchwork of ripening corn and the stubble of harvested wheat, fall away to gentle slopes, their contours softened by the persistent, almost melancholic light of late afternoon. This is a landscape that feels deeply rooted, the air carrying the faint, sweet scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a testament to seasons turning with an unhurried, dependable rhythm. The sky here is a broad, open canvas, often brushed with bruised purples and soft greys as evening approaches, lending a certain contemplative grace to the scattered farmsteads and the occasional cluster of homes that make up Shirley. The history of Shirley is interwoven with the agricultural spirit of Western New York, a legacy of hardworking hands that have coaxed sustenance from this fertile ground for generations. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of good soil and ample rainfall, established a community that has largely retained its agrarian character, its local economy still tethered to the bounty of the land. While larger industries may have bypassed this particular corner of the county, Shirley thrives on a more intimate scale, its distinctiveness found not in grand monuments but in the quiet dignity of its enduring farmland and the resilient spirit of its people. There's a palpable sense of continuity here, an echo of past endeavors in the weathered barns and the well-tended fences that delineate the familiar boundaries of Shirley.
Live animated radar for Shirley 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 | Shirley, Erie County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.576727°N, 78.913645°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 14111, 11967 |
| Area Code | 716, 914, 845 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Shirley, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shirley, 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 Shirley includes coordinates 42.576727°N, 78.913645°W, situated in Erie County. ZIP code 14111, 11967. Telephone area code: 716, 914, 845. 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.
