Ulysses, New York Weather
Ulysses, 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 Ulysses, Tompkins County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Ulysses. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Ulysses is published on the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport (KITH) page, 14 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 Ulysses 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 Ulysses: Owasco Airport (K2N4) 26 km · Cortland County Chase Field (KN03) 34 km · Penn Yan Airport (KPEO) 38 km · Finger Lakes Regional Airport (K0G7) 42 km · Elmira Corning Regional Airport (KELM) 46 km
Conditions reported at KITH describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ulysses specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ulysses.
About Ulysses, New York
Ulysses rests in a valley cradled by the rolling hills of Tompkins County, where the land, a patchwork of verdant fields and shadowed woodlands, slopes gently toward the winding course of Fall Creek. It lies 5.8 miles north-west of Tompkins, NY (from Tompkins, NY: bearing 322°T), and is situated 8.4 miles north-west of Ithaca. The air here, especially in the early morning, carries the clean, damp scent of earth and leaves, a fragrance that clings to the weathered barns and sturdy farmhouses dotting the landscape. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-clouded skies, has a diffused, almost pearlescent quality, illuminating the rich, dark soil that defines this agricultural heartland and casting long shadows that stretch and shift with the slow procession of the day. The history of Ulysses is deeply entwined with the fertile land that has sustained its inhabitants for generations, its economy historically anchored in agriculture, particularly dairy farming and the cultivation of grains. Traces of this past are visible in the enduring stone walls that partition fields and the occasional abandoned gristmill, whispering of a time when the creek’s power was harnessed for local industry. Today, while farming remains a vital thread, the proximity to larger educational institutions has subtly reshaped the character of Ulysses, drawing in a diverse population and fostering a quiet, thoughtful pace of life that values both tradition and innovation, a delicate balance played out against the backdrop of the enduring natural beauty of the Finger Lakes region.
Live animated radar for Ulysses 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 | Ulysses, Tompkins County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.523693°N, 76.618166°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 14886 |
| Area Code | 607 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ulysses, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ulysses, 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 Ulysses includes coordinates 42.523693°N, 76.618166°W, situated in Tompkins County. ZIP code 14886. 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.
