Rochester, NY Weather Forecast
Ulster County, New York
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Rochester, 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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Rochester, NY at a glance
Rochester is home to about 7,364 people in Ulster County, across 89 square miles. It ranks 257th by population of 593 places in New York with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Marbletown, 7 miles away.
- County
- Ulster County
- Population
- 7,364 2023 est.
- Land area
- 89 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 82
- Forecast point
- 41.8130°N, 74.2706°W
How well can the network see Rochester?
The nearest Doppler radar is KENX (Albany, NY), to the N. Its lowest scan passes about 4,000 ft above Rochester. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KMGJ (Montgomery/Orange Cnty). Far enough that current conditions for Rochester are a reading from somewhere else.
Forecasts near Rochester
- Marbletown, NY7 mi
- Ellenville, NY9 mi
- Wawarsing, NY9 mi
- Olive, NY9 mi
- Gardiner, NY9 mi
- Rosendale, NY10 mi
- New Paltz, NY11 mi
- Shawangunk, NY12 mi
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