Stow, New York Weather
Stow, 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 Stow, Chautauqua County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Stow. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Stow is published on the Chautauqua County-Jamestown Airport (KJHW) page, 12 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 Stow 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 Stow: Pratt's Eastern Divide Airport (KD88) 23 km · Corry Lawrence Airport (K8G2) 34 km · Brokenstraw Airport (KP15) 36 km · Chautauqua County-Dunkirk Airport (KDKK) 39 km · Erie County Airport (K3G1) 39 km
Conditions reported at KJHW describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Stow specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Stow.
About Stow, New York
Stow rests in a landscape where the land itself seems to breathe, a gentle rise and fall of earth softened by time and agriculture. It lies 9.5 miles west-north-west of Jamestown, NY (from Jamestown, NY: bearing 296°T), and is situated 3.4 miles south-west of Ellery. Fields of corn, their stalks a deep, resonant green under the summer sun, stretch towards the horizon, punctuated by the darker, more stoic presence of mixed woodlands. Here and there, the glint of distant water hints at the presence of the Cassadaga Lakes, their surfaces often mirroring the wide, ever-changing sky. The air, especially as the day begins to fade, carries the subtle scent of damp soil and the sweet, lingering perfume of wild honeysuckle that spills over weathered fences. The quiet persistence of these rural expanses lends Stow a character of grounded resilience. The history of Stow is written in the very pattern of its fields and the enduring structures that mark its settlements. This is a place shaped by the agricultural bounty of its soil, where generations have coaxed sustenance from the earth, and the echoes of that labor can still be felt in the sturdy barns and the unhurried pace of life. While the broader region has seen shifts in its economic foundations, the enduring connection to the land remains a defining feature of Stow. The nearby lakes, once perhaps more central to the local rhythm, continue to offer a serene backdrop, a reminder of the natural beauty that has always been a quiet counterpoint to human endeavor here.
Live animated radar for Stow 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 | Stow, Chautauqua County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.156724°N, 79.401437°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 14785 |
| Area Code | 607 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Stow, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stow, 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 Stow includes coordinates 42.156724°N, 79.401437°W, situated in Chautauqua County. ZIP code 14785. Telephone area code: 607. 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.
