Wales, New York Weather
Wales, 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 Wales, Erie County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Wales. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Wales is published on the Arcade Tri County Airport (KD23) page, 21 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 Wales 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 Wales: Buffalo Lancaster Regional Airport (KBQR) 22 km · Buffalo Niagara International Airport (KBUF) 28 km · Perry-Warsaw Airport (K01G) 40 km · North Buffalo Suburban Airport (K0G0) 43 km · Genesee County Airport (KGVQ) 45 km
Conditions reported at KD23 describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Wales specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Wales.
About Wales, New York
Wales unfolds across the rolling terrain of Erie County, a place where the land itself seems to sigh with the passing seasons. It lies 10.4 miles east-south-east of Orchard Park, NY (from Orchard Park, NY: bearing 102°T), and is situated 9.5 miles east of Ellicott. Here, the fields, often a patchwork of emerald and gold in summer's embrace, give way to the hushed grey of winter, the air crisp and carrying the scent of damp earth. The sky above Wales is a generous canvas, vast and ever-changing, painting dramatic sunsets that bleed into hues of bruised plum and fiery orange, a daily spectacle that stills the hurried heart. The roads curve with a gentle inevitability, following the land’s natural contours, leading past weathered barns and the quiet dignity of old farmsteads, each one a silent witness to the enduring spirit of this countryside. The history of Wales is written in the slow turning of its agricultural seasons and the quiet perseverance of its people. Once a landscape shaped by the plow and the harvest, its economy still echoes with the rhythm of the land, though the whispers of past industries, like the quarrying that once gave the earth its shape, can still be felt. The very character of Wales is bound to its rural roots, a place where neighborly waves are still a common currency and the pace of life allows for a deeper appreciation of the simple beauties. The absence of grand monuments is, in itself, a kind of monument, a testament to a life lived in close communion with the soil and the sky.
Live animated radar for Wales 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 | Wales, Erie County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.734968°N, 78.54337°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 14139, 14169 |
| Area Code | 716 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Wales, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wales, 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 Wales includes coordinates 42.734968°N, 78.543370°W, situated in Erie County. ZIP code 14139, 14169. 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.
