Amherst, NY Weather Forecast
Erie County, New York
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Amherst, 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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Amherst, NY at a glance
Amherst is home to about 131,063 people in Erie County, across 53 square miles. It ranks 12th by population of 593 places in New York with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Williamsville, 4 miles away.
- County
- Erie County
- Population
- 131,063 2023 est.
- Land area
- 53 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,463
- Forecast point
- 43.0116°N, 78.7571°W
How well can the network see Amherst?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBUF (Buffalo, NY), to the SSE. Its lowest scan passes about 220 ft above Amherst. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Amherst show up clearly. Amherst is closer to its radar than 99% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KBUF (Buffalo-Niagara Intl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Amherst
- Williamsville, NY4 mi
- Clarence, NY6 mi
- North Tonawanda, NY6 mi
- Tonawanda, NY6 mi
- Pendleton, NY6 mi
- Kenmore, NY7 mi
- Cheektowaga, NY7 mi
- Depew, NY7 mi
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