Elmira is the odd station out at midday — reporting light drizzle at 80° while every other town across the region is sitting under clear skies. That’s a minor wrinkle on an otherwise clean Saturday. Temperatures are running in the upper 70s to low 80s regionwide, with Ithaca leading the pack at 83°. No alerts are in effect.
The afternoon stays comfortable, with highs topping out near 81° in Geneva and Canandaigua, and pushing to 84–85° in Ithaca and Watkins Glen. Northeast winds stay light through sunset at 8:46 PM, and the evening cools gradually into the mid-60s — a genuinely pleasant end to the week.
Sunday looks even better: clear skies and a high near 84° with near-zero rain chances. Then the pattern shifts. A large dome of high pressure expanding east from the Intermountain West will push temperatures well above average by Monday, with Tuesday shaping up as the hottest day of the stretch — upper 80s to low 90s likely, with mid-90s possible at the warmest locations. The Buffalo forecast office is flagging a moderate to major heat risk for Tuesday, and humidity will be climbing too.
Weather Center forecast for the Finger Lakes region. Sourced from NWS, Open-Meteo, NWS Area Forecast Discussion, and USGS stream-flow data. Updated 6 AM, noon, and 6 PM ET.