West Union, New York Weather
West Union, 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 West Union, Steuben County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near West Union. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for West Union is published on the Wellsville Municipal Airport - Tarantine Field (KELZ) page, 22 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 West Union 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 West Union: Hornell Municipal Airport (KHTF) 32 km · Grand Canyon Regional Airport (KN38) 49 km · Corning Painted Post Airport (K7N1) 51 km · Dansville Municipal Airport (KDSV) 53 km · Cattaraugus County-Olean Airport (KOLE) 56 km
Conditions reported at KELZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at West Union specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for West Union.
About West Union, New York
West Union, a small hamlet in Steuben County, lies cradled by the rolling hills of Western New York. It lies 47.1 miles west of Elmira, NY (from Elmira, NY: bearing 271°T), and is situated 9.9 miles west-north-west of Troupsburg. The land here, sculpted by ancient glaciers, presents a patchwork of fertile valleys and wooded slopes, where the air carries the clean scent of pine and damp earth. Streams, born from the higher ground, carve their way through the landscape, their waters glinting like slivers of moonlight in the perpetual twilight beneath the dense canopy. The houses, often painted in muted tones of cream and grey, seem to settle into the terrain, their porches offering quiet vantage points for observing the slow, deliberate passage of days. Evenings here are marked by a profound quiet, broken only by the distant call of an owl or the rustle of wind through the cornfields that edge the settlement. The history of West Union is deeply entwined with the agricultural spirit of its inhabitants, who have for generations coaxed sustenance from this rich, dark soil. The economy, though modest, is built upon the sturdy foundations of farming, with dairy cows dotting the pastures and fields of hay and grain stretching towards the horizon. Hints of a past, perhaps more ambitious, can be found in the weathered barns and the occasional abandoned farmhouse, remnants of families who once worked this land with a different kind of fervor. Yet, the present pulse of West Union beats with a quiet resilience, a testament to the enduring connection between the people and the land they call home, where the simple act of tending to the earth remains the most profound and defining endeavor.
Live animated radar for West Union 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 | West Union, Steuben County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.095069°N, 77.725548°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 14806, 14801 |
| Area Code | 607 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This West Union, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Union, 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 West Union includes coordinates 42.095069°N, 77.725548°W, situated in Steuben County. ZIP code 14806, 14801. 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.
