Westford, New York Weather
Westford, 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 Westford, Otsego County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Westford. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Westford is published on the Cooperstown-Westville Airport (KK23) page, 8 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. 4 airfields within reach of Westford 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 Westford: Sharon Airport (K31) 23 km · Frankfort-Highland Airport (K6B4) 51 km · Fulton County Airport (KNY0) 54 km
Conditions reported at KK23 describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Westford specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Westford.
About Westford, New York
Westford lies in a fold of hills, where the earth rises and falls with a quiet, persistent grace. It lies 38.2 miles south-east of Utica, NY (from Utica, NY: bearing 145°T), and is situated 7.3 miles east-south-east of Cooperstown. The landscape here is a study in muted greens and browns, punctuated by the darker shadows of mature hemlock and pine that cling to the steeper slopes. Small farms, their fields stitched with stone walls, claim the gentler inclines, their barns weathered to a soft, silvery hue. The air, particularly in the late afternoon, carries the clean scent of pine needles and damp soil, a fragrance that seems to seep into the very bones of the place. A creek, barely a whisper in summer, threads its way through the hollows, its banks fringed with ferns that unfurl like secrets. This is a land that asks for patience, its beauty revealed not in grand pronouncements but in the slow unfolding of seasons and the enduring strength of its natural contours. The history of Westford is written in the land itself, in the remnants of old logging roads and the occasional fieldstone foundation that hints at forgotten homesteads. The economy, once tied to the timber industry and small-scale agriculture, has settled into a quieter rhythm, with a resilience born of generations who understood the land's demands. A few local businesses, their signs faded but their purpose clear, serve the needs of the residents, fostering a sense of interdependence. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling tourist hubs, but rather a subtle character that speaks of a community that has learned to thrive in its own particular way, a way that honors the enduring spirit of the Otsego County countryside.
Live animated radar for Westford 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 | Westford, Otsego County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.650076°N, 74.797651°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 13488 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Westford, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Westford, 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 Westford includes coordinates 42.650076°N, 74.797651°W, situated in Otsego County. ZIP code 13488. 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.
