Wanakena, New York Weather
Wanakena, 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 Wanakena, St. Lawrence County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Wanakena. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Wanakena is published on the Degrasse Moores Airport (K1E8) page, 31 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.
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.
Conditions reported at K1E8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 31 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Wanakena specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Wanakena.
About Wanakena, New York
Wanakena rests where the St. Lawrence River’s broad expanse begins to narrow, a collection of weathered buildings clinging to the north shore of Cranberry Lake. It lies 69.0 miles north-north-east of Rome, NY (from Rome, NY: bearing 23°T), and is situated 8.1 miles east-south-east of Oswegatchie. The air here, especially as the afternoon sun slants through the dense stands of pine and spruce, carries the faint, resinous perfume of the Adirondack forest, mingling with the clean, cool breath of the water. Long, skeletal docks, often slick with moss, jut out into the lake, their timbers groaning softly with the gentle lapping of waves. The land rises and falls in a series of low, wooded hills, cloaked in emerald and russet depending on the season, their slopes etched with the quiet persistence of time. A palpable stillness often settles over Wanakena, broken only by the cry of a loon or the distant hum of a boat engine. This is a place shaped by the deep, dark woods and the abundance of its waterways, a history woven from logging and the quiet, enduring presence of the New York State Ranger School, which has drawn students to its shores for generations. The economy of Wanakena has always been tied to the bounty of the surrounding wilderness, from the timber that once flowed down the river to the summer visitors who now seek solace and recreation on Cranberry Lake. The iconic Wanakena Fire Tower, a sentinel against the horizon, offers a sweeping panorama of this verdant landscape, a testament to the region's enduring connection to the forest. Even in the quiet hum of daily life, a sense of the past lingers, a subtle echo of the loggers and the students who have walked these pine-needle paths.
Live animated radar for Wanakena 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 | Wanakena, St. Lawrence County, New York |
| Coordinates | 44.133951°N, 74.921022°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 13695 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Wanakena, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wanakena, 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 Wanakena includes coordinates 44.133951°N, 74.921022°W, situated in St. Lawrence County. ZIP code 13695. Telephone area code: 315. 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.
