Albany, NY Weather Forecast
Albany County, New York
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Albany, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Albany, NY at a glance
Albany is home to about 101,228 people in Albany County, across 21 square miles. It ranks 14th by population of 593 places in New York with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Rensselaer, 4 miles away.
- County
- Albany County
- Population
- 101,228 2023 est.
- Land area
- 21 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 4,729
- Forecast point
- 42.6657°N, 73.7984°W
How well can the network see Albany?
The nearest Doppler radar is KENX (Albany, NY), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 780 ft above Albany. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Albany show up clearly. Albany is closer to its radar than 91% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KALB (Albany Intl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Albany
- Rensselaer, NY4 mi
- Menands, NY4 mi
- Colonie, NY4 mi
- Bethlehem, NY6 mi
- Watervliet, NY6 mi
- East Greenbush, NY7 mi
- North Greenbush, NY7 mi
- Voorheesville, NY7 mi
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