Solon, 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 Solon, Cortland County.
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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.
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| 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 | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
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, 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 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. 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.