Rutland, Vermont Weather
Rutland, Vermont — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Rutland, Rutland County.
Full aviation weather for Rutland is published on the Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional Airport (KRUT) page, 9 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 Rutland 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 Rutland: Middlebury State Airport (K6B0) 43 km · Ticonderoga Municipal Airport (K4B6) 46 km · Hartness State Airport (KVSF) 47 km · Lebanon Municipal Airport (KLEB) 54 km · Claremont Municipal Airport (KCNH) 56 km
Conditions reported at KRUT describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rutland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Rutland, Vermont
Rutland rests in a valley cradled by the Green Mountains, a landscape that breathes the crisp, pine-scented air of New England. It lies 35.9 miles east-north-east of Queensbury, NY (from Queensbury, NY: bearing 63°T), and is situated 3.8 miles east-north-east of West Rutland. Rolling hills, softened by the passage of seasons, give way to the more rugged peaks that punctuate the horizon, their flanks often shrouded in a fine mist or dusted with the first whispers of snow. The land here feels solid, ancient, carved by glaciers and worn smooth by countless rains, its character a quiet testament to enduring natural forces. In the late afternoon, the light slants low, painting the granite outcrops in hues of ochre and rust, a fleeting beauty that seems to hold a deeper resonance with the enduring earth. The history of Rutland is deeply entwined with the extraction of its famed marble, a resource that once fueled a thriving industry and shaped the very character of the place. Quarries, now silent sentinels of a bygone era, dot the surrounding landscape, their sheer faces a stark reminder of the labor and ambition that once defined Rutland's economy. This legacy of industry, alongside a strong agricultural tradition that still graces the surrounding farmlands, has fostered a resilient and pragmatic spirit among its inhabitants. While the grand marble halls of the past may have faded somewhat, the enduring quality of the stone, and the hardworking ethos it represents, continues to be a distinctive thread in the fabric of Rutland.
Live animated radar for Rutland 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 | Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont |
| Coordinates | 43.610624°N, 72.972606°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 05701, 05702 |
| Area Code | 802 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rutland, Vermont Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rutland, Vermont, 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 Rutland includes coordinates 43.610624°N, 72.972606°W, situated in Rutland County. ZIP code 05701, 05702. Telephone area code: 802. 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.
