Schenectady, NY Weather Forecast
Schenectady County, New York
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Schenectady, 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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Schenectady, NY at a glance
Schenectady is home to about 68,544 people in Schenectady County, across 11 square miles. It ranks 21st by population of 593 places in New York with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Scotia, 3 miles away.
- County
- Schenectady County
- Population
- 68,544 2023 est.
- Land area
- 11 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 6,342
- Forecast point
- 42.8026°N, 73.9272°W
How well can the network see Schenectady?
The nearest Doppler radar is KENX (Albany, NY), to the SSW. Its lowest scan passes about 900 ft above Schenectady. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Schenectady show up clearly. Schenectady is closer to its radar than 89% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KSCH (Schenectady Cnty). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Schenectady
- Scotia, NY3 mi
- Niskayuna, NY3 mi
- Rotterdam, NY4 mi
- Clifton Park, NY7 mi
- Glenville, NY7 mi
- Guilderland, NY7 mi
- Colonie, NY7 mi
- Voorheesville, NY10 mi
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