Colonie Weather Online

Colonie Weather Online launched on January 8, 2005.

The current conditions data on the home page is provided by a Davis Instruments Vantage Pro2™ weather station, which records a variety of weather data, from the outside temperature to highest yearly rainfall rate. Software called WeatherLink® is then used to display the data on this site.

• Station Elevation: 338 ft
• Station Distance from Albany International Airport (KALB): 2.4 miles SW
• Citizen Weather Observer Program (CWOP) ID: EW0288 
• PWS Weather by Vaisala Xweather: KNYCOLON3 

My name is Chris Fatato. I graduated from the University at Albany in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Meteorology. I developed a passion for weather at a very young age. Every meteorologist has one weather event that got them into the field and mine was the Blizzard of 1993.

I am a weather watcher for the area's local CBS news station (WRGB), a trained SKYWARN spotter for the National Weather Service in Albany (NY) and a member of the Citizen Weather Observer Program (CWOP).

It is with great pleasure to pass along my love for the weather to the public via the Internet as my other passion falls within web design.

Be sure to follow Colonie Weather Online on social media; Facebook  and Instagram . You will find additional weather related information for Colonie, NY (and surrounding locations) including photos, climate data and more!

To learn more about Colonie, please see the About Colonie, NY page.

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions feel free to send them by filling out a simple feedback form.

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)  defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. Colonie Weather Online is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Accessibility of Colonie Weather Online relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of Colonie Weather Online. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on Colonie Weather Online.

• The homepage automatically refreshes every five minutes.
• Current Conditions on homepage update every five minutes beginning at :03 past the hour.
• Wind is based on the two-minute average wind speed, official National Weather Service  protocol.
• Snow amounts on homepage may not be current during snow events because it is measured manually.