Solon, New York Weather
Solon, 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 Solon, Cortland County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Solon. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Solon is published on the Cortland County Chase Field (KN03) page, 16 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 Solon 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 Solon: Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport (KITH) 38 km · Lt Warren Eaton Airport (KOIC) 40 km · Owasco Airport (K2N4) 41 km · Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link field (KBGM) 43 km · Hamilton Municipal Airport (KVGC) 46 km
Conditions reported at KN03 describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Solon specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Solon.
About Solon, New York
Solon rests in a hollow, a place where the Tioughnioga Creek, a ribbon of pewter under the often-grey New York sky, has patiently sculpted the land. It lies 19.8 miles south-south-west of Union, NY (from Union, NY: bearing 199°T), and is situated 8.3 miles east of Cortland. Rolling hills, cloaked in the deep greens of summer and the fiery hues of autumn, cradle the modest collection of homes and businesses, their roofs catching the diffused sunlight that filters through the leaves. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and pine, a constant reminder of the surrounding woodlands that climb the slopes, their shadows lengthening as the day wanes. In the quietude of Solon, the rustle of leaves and the distant call of a bird are not mere sounds, but the punctuation marks of a life lived in close communion with the natural world. The history of Solon is bound to the land and the modest but persistent industries that have sustained its people. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile soil and timber, began to carve out a life here, their efforts mirrored in the enduring stone foundations of older buildings that still stand. The local economy, once buoyed by agriculture and the milling of grain along the creek’s flow, has seen its share of change, yet a quiet resilience persists. Today, the legacy of those early days can be seen in the patchwork of fields and the enduring presence of family farms, their fields stretching towards the horizon, a testament to generations of stewardship. The very rhythm of Solon seems to echo the slow, steady turning of the seasons, a comforting cadence for those who call this valley home.
Live animated radar for Solon 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 | Solon, Cortland County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.597014°N, 76.016869°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 13040, 13077 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Solon, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Solon, 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 Solon includes coordinates 42.597014°N, 76.016869°W, situated in Cortland County. ZIP code 13040, 13077. 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.
