Summit, New York Weather
Summit, 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 Summit, Schoharie County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Summit. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Summit is published on the Sharon Airport (K31) 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. 4 airfields within reach of Summit 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 Summit: Cooperstown-Westville Airport (KK23) 25 km · Freehold Airport (K1I5) 49 km · Fulton County Airport (KNY0) 51 km
Conditions reported at K31 describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Summit specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Summit.
About Summit, New York
Summit rests in a high hollow, where the land folds and creases like old linen, its hillsides etched with the patient work of glaciers. It lies 34.5 miles west-south-west of Rotterdam, NY (from Rotterdam, NY: bearing 246°T), and is situated 8.6 miles south-west of Cobleskill. The air here carries the scent of pine and damp earth, a cool, clean breath drawn from forests that climb towards the sky. Fields, stitched with stone walls, lie in patches across the slopes, their colors shifting with the seasons, from the deep green of summer to the russet and gold of autumn. The houses of Summit, often painted in hues of white, gray, and muted blues, seem to huddle together against the wide expanse of sky, their chimneys occasionally exhaling thin tendrils of woodsmoke that dissolve into the crisp air. The history of Summit is written in the land itself, a narrative of hardy settlers drawn by the promise of fertile soil and the whisper of distant water. For generations, the economy here has been tethered to the earth, with farms producing milk, hay, and a variety of crops, their yields dictated by the challenging but rewarding climate. The old stone foundations of barns, now softened by moss and time, hint at a past where hard labor and self-reliance were the cornerstones of life. While large industries have largely bypassed this high country, a quiet resilience persists, a continuation of the spirit that first carved a life from these hills. The evening light, when it spills over the western ridges, casts long, benevolent shadows, painting the landscape in a soft, golden glow that seems to hold the memory of every soul who has ever called Summit home.
Live animated radar for Summit 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 | Summit, Schoharie County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.57952°N, 74.588202°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 12175 |
| Area Code | 518 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Summit, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Summit, 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 Summit includes coordinates 42.579520°N, 74.588202°W, situated in Schoharie County. ZIP code 12175. Telephone area code: 518. 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.
