Watkins Glen, New York Weather
Watkins Glen, 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 Watkins Glen, Schuyler County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Watkins Glen. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Watkins Glen is published on the Elmira Corning Regional Airport (KELM) page, 25 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 Watkins Glen 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 Watkins Glen: Corning Painted Post Airport (K7N1) 30 km · Penn Yan Airport (KPEO) 32 km · Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport (KITH) 36 km · Middlesex Valley Airport (K4N2) 49 km · Owasco Airport (K2N4) 51 km
Conditions reported at KELM describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Watkins Glen specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Watkins Glen.
About Watkins Glen, New York
Watkins Glen, a village etched into the Finger Lakes region, breathes a cool, clean air born from deep ravines and the vast expanse of Seneca Lake. It lies 17.4 miles west-south-west of Tompkins, NY (from Tompkins, NY: bearing 252°T), and is situated 8.3 miles south of Hector. The land itself is a dramatic sculpture, where sheer rock faces, slick with moss and weeping springs, descend into the shadowed depths of gorges that cradle rushing water. Along the lakefront, the atmosphere softens, with a gentle slope leading to the water's edge, where sunlight glints off the surface and the distant hills of the opposite shore form a hazy, blue-green boundary. The character of Watkins Glen is one of quiet resilience, a place where the raw power of nature meets the steady hum of human endeavor, and the scent of damp earth mingles with the faint sweetness of ripening grapes in the surrounding vineyards. The history of Watkins Glen is deeply intertwined with the very gorges that define its landscape, long revered by Indigenous peoples and later attracting curious travelers drawn to their dramatic beauty. The village’s economy has, for generations, found its footing on the fertile soils of Schuyler County, particularly in the cultivation of wine grapes that thrive in the unique microclimate influenced by Seneca Lake. This agricultural heritage is a visible thread, with vineyards stretching across the rolling hills, their orderly rows a counterpoint to the wilder beauty of the state park. Beyond the vines, the village itself is a hub for visitors drawn to the famed Watkins Glen International racetrack, a place where the roar of engines momentarily eclipses the natural symphony of the gorges, and the scent of gasoline briefly overpowers the earthy perfume of the land.
Live animated radar for Watkins Glen 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 | Watkins Glen, Schuyler County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.380629°N, 76.873292°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 14891 |
| Area Code | 607 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Watkins Glen, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Watkins Glen, 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 Watkins Glen includes coordinates 42.380629°N, 76.873292°W, situated in Schuyler County. ZIP code 14891. 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.
