Waterville, New York Weather
Waterville, 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 Waterville, Oneida County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Waterville. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Waterville is published on the Hamilton Municipal Airport (KVGC) page, 18 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 Waterville 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 Waterville: Frankfort-Highland Airport (K6B4) 20 km · Griffiss International Airport (KRME) 34 km · Becks Grove Airport (KK16) 40 km · Lt Warren Eaton Airport (KOIC) 42 km · Cooperstown-Westville Airport (KK23) 52 km
Conditions reported at KVGC describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Waterville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Waterville.
About Waterville, New York
Waterville lies in a valley that feels carved by ancient hands, a shallow trough where the land gently slopes upward on either side toward distant, hazy hills. It lies 13.9 miles south-south-west of Utica, NY (from Utica, NY: bearing 212°T), and is situated 2.5 miles south of Hanover. The Susquehanna River, a broad, unhurried ribbon of brown water, meanders through its heart, its banks softened by willows and the occasional sturdy oak that has weathered countless seasons. In the soft light of late afternoon, the water catches the dying sun, transforming into molten gold that spills across the landscape, painting the fields and the weathered clapboard houses in hues of amber and rose. The air here, especially after a summer rain, carries the clean scent of damp earth and freshly cut hay, a perfume that clings to the quiet streets and the broad porches of homes that seem to hold generations of stories within their walls. The story of Waterville is tied to the fertile soil and the steady flow of the Susquehanna, a river that once powered gristmills and sawmills, the echoes of their turning gears a whisper in the present quiet. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of rich farmland, established a community that grew with the rhythm of the seasons, its economy once anchored by agriculture and small-scale manufacturing, a legacy that still informs its character. Today, Waterville retains a sense of its past, a place where the pace of life allows for lingering conversations on the sidewalk and the simple pleasure of watching the river slide by. The town’s distinctive architecture, a blend of practical farmhouse styles and the more ornate Victorian flourishes of a more prosperous era, stands as a quiet testament to the ingenuity and perseverance of those who built it, a living history etched not in grand monuments but in the very bones of the place.
Live animated radar for Waterville 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 | Waterville, Oneida County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.931181°N, 75.379892°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 11952, 13480 |
| Area Code | 914, 845, 315 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Waterville, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Waterville, 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 Waterville includes coordinates 42.931181°N, 75.379892°W, situated in Oneida County. ZIP code 11952, 13480. Telephone area code: 914, 845, 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.
