Willow, New York — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Willow, Ulster County.
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Willow unfolds across a landscape shaped by the gentle, persistent artistry of glaciation, its rolling hills testament to ancient ice flows that sculpted the Catskill foothills. It lies 30.4 miles north-north-west of Poughkeepsie, NY (from Poughkeepsie, NY: bearing 329°T), and is situated 4.5 miles south of Edgewood. The air here often carries the clean, damp scent of pine needles and the faint, earthy perfume of fertile soil, a constant reminder of the surrounding woodlands and farms. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy of deciduous trees that paint the slopes in seasonal hues, often filters through in broad, golden shafts, illuminating the quiet roads that meander between fields and forests. The terrain itself encourages a slower pace, with vistas that reveal broad, verdant valleys punctuated by the occasional weathered barn or stone wall, remnants of generations who worked this land. The history of Willow is written in the enduring agricultural practices that still define much of its economy, a legacy of hardy settlers who found purchase in this fertile ground. While farming, particularly dairy and specialty crops, remains a bedrock, a quiet resurgence of artisan crafts and small businesses adds a contemporary layer to Willow’s character. The Ulster & Delaware Railroad, though now a scenic excursion, once carried the bounty of this region to distant markets, a spectral echo of a more bustling past. Even now, the quietude of Willow is punctuated by the distant bleating of sheep or the lowing of cattle, sounds that speak of a continuity of purpose, a connection to the cycles of the earth that has sustained this corner of Ulster County for centuries.
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| Location | Willow, Ulster County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.07648°N, 74.227923°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 12495 |
| Area Code | 845 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Willow, New York, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Willow includes coordinates 42.076480°N, 74.227923°W, situated in Ulster County. ZIP code 12495. Telephone area code: 845. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.