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Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridora modern motorboat on the Erie Canal at sunrise.
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Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor
Weather
 

Weather along the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor can vary greatly from one end of the Corridor to the other. Lake effect snows in winter from Buffalo to Syracuse may only be flurries by Utica, and merely cloudy skies in Albany. Clearing skies in Rochester may be the wake of a heavy thunderstorm that has moved on to Saratoga Springs.

Up-to-date weather information can be obtained from a few sources. If you know your destination, try:

If you are not sure yet where you might go, and need more general New York State weather information, try:

Image of several people on a canal boat.  

Did You Know?
The Erie Canal was the "information superhighway" of its time! While intended to facilitate faster and less expensive trade and commerce, it became the key route for the spread of news and of social reforms like abolition and women's rights.

Last Updated: July 27, 2006 at 12:15 EST