South Dayton, New York Weather
South Dayton, 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 South Dayton, Cattaraugus County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near South Dayton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for South Dayton is published on the Chautauqua County-Dunkirk Airport (KDKK) page, 23 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. 5 airfields within reach of South Dayton 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 South Dayton: Chautauqua County-Jamestown Airport (KJHW) 28 km · Arcade Tri County Airport (KD23) 56 km · Pratt's Eastern Divide Airport (KD88) 57 km · Cattaraugus County-Olean Airport (KOLE) 58 km
Conditions reported at KDKK describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at South Dayton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for South Dayton.
About South Dayton, New York
South Dayton lies as a quiet settlement where the gentle slopes of Cattaraugus County begin to deepen, hinting at the rolling terrain that characterizes this southwestern corner of New York. It lies 20.6 miles north-north-east of Jamestown, NY (from Jamestown, NY: bearing 26°T), and is situated 9.2 miles south-west of Gowanda. Here, the land breathes with a soft, persistent rhythm, the fields of corn and soybeans unfolding like unwritten pages under the expansive sky. The air, especially in the early morning, carries a crisp, clean scent, a blend of damp earth and the distant pine forests that crown the higher elevations. The houses, many of them weathered wood with porches that invite lingering, seem to settle into the landscape rather than impose upon it, their windows reflecting the slow drift of clouds. The history of South Dayton is as much about the land as it is about the people who have worked it. Once a hub for agricultural pursuits, the echoes of its farming past can still be felt in the sturdy barns and the patchwork quilt of fields that define the surrounding countryside. The local economy, while diversified, retains a strong connection to the earth, with a focus on produce and dairy that nourishes the region and beyond. A particular charm of South Dayton is its unpretentious character, a place where the quiet hum of daily life is punctuated by the occasional rumble of a tractor or the distant call of a train, a constant reminder of its enduring ties to the agricultural heart of the county.
Live animated radar for South Dayton 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 | South Dayton, Cattaraugus County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.364227°N, 79.055595°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 14138 |
| Area Code | 716 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This South Dayton, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for South Dayton, 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 South Dayton includes coordinates 42.364227°N, 79.055595°W, situated in Cattaraugus County. ZIP code 14138. Telephone area code: 716. 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.
