About
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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.
Webmaster Biography
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 member of the Eastern New York Weather Observers Network, AerisWeather Personal Weather Station Contributor, a weather watcher for WRGB CBS6 News and a trained SKYWARN spotter for the National Weather Service.
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 various social media platforms; Facebook , Twitter and Instagram . You will find additional weather related information for Colonie, NY (and surrounding locations) including weather alerts, climate data and much more!
To learn more about this station's location, the Town and Village of Colonie, please see the About Colonie, NY page.
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to send them by filling out a simple feedback form.
Website Usability
- The homepage automatically refreshes every five minutes.
- Wind is based on the two-minute average wind speed, official National Weather Service protocol.
- Radar, satellite and temperature maps on homepage are courtesy of CBS6 News .
- Snow amounts on homepage may not be current during snow events because it is measured manually.
All pages on this site define the following access keys:
- Access key 1 - Homepage
- Access Key c - Skip main navigation and go directly to the main content.
- Access key n - Go to the main navigation.
How to use the access keys on the following browsers/operating systems:
- For IE/Windows, press ALT + access key
- For Firefox/Windows, press ALT + Shift + access key
- On Macintosh, press Ctrl + access key
Colonie Weather Online is privately owned and operated, and is not affiliated with the Town of Colonie, NY, or any business or governmental entity. This data is provided as a hobby from a personal weather station, and while regularly verified for accuracy, you should not base important decisions regarding life or property on information from this website or on any weather information obtained from the Internet.