Stony Point, New York Weather
Stony Point, 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 Stony Point, Rensselaer County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Stony Point. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Stony Point is published on the Albany International Airport (KALB) page, 22 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 Stony Point 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 Stony Point: Columbia County Airport (K1B1) 29 km · Freehold Airport (K1I5) 33 km · Schenectady County Airport (KSCH) 37 km · Pittsfield Municipal Airport (KPSF) 40 km · Walter J. Koladza Airport (KGBR) 50 km
Conditions reported at KALB describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Stony Point specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Stony Point.
About Stony Point, New York
Stony Point is a place where the land remembers its ancient contours. It lies 7.0 miles south of Albany, NY (from Albany, NY: bearing 176°T), and is situated 3.6 miles south-west of East Greenbush. Rolling hills, softened by the passage of seasons, slope down towards the broad, glinting expanse of the Hudson River. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a peculiar clarity, a scent of damp earth mingled with the distant, salty tang from the river’s estuary. Patches of dense woodland, their leaves a vibrant tapestry of greens in summer and fiery hues in autumn, punctuate the open fields where the soil, though rocky, has been coaxed into yielding its bounty for generations. The very character of Stony Point seems etched into the bedrock, a quiet resilience in the face of wind and weather. The history of Stony Point is deeply intertwined with the river that defines its eastern edge. For centuries, this locale has been a crossroads, a place of passage and strategic importance, its name evoking the very substance of its terrain. Early settlers, drawn by the fertile riverbanks and the promise of self-sufficiency, laid the foundations for a community that has always found its livelihood in the land and the water. While agriculture remains a quiet hum beneath the surface, the echoes of a more industrial past can be felt in the remnants of old quarries and the broad, weathered docks that once bustled with activity, their timbers groaning under the weight of goods transported to and from the wider world. Today, Stony Point carries this legacy with a gentle grace, its pace unhurried, its people connected to the enduring rhythms of nature and the deep currents of its past.
Live animated radar for Stony Point 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 | Stony Point, Rensselaer County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.551192°N, 73.746788°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 12033, 10980 |
| Area Code | 518, 914 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Stony Point, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stony Point, 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 Stony Point includes coordinates 42.551192°N, 73.746788°W, situated in Rensselaer County. ZIP code 12033, 10980. Telephone area code: 518, 914. 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.
