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Edge NYC Weather & Visibility Today: Worth Going Up?
An outdoor sky deck and indoor experience above Hudson Yards.
For today · 2026-11-11
95/100
Go up today — 16:00–18:00 is the window worth booking. Long, clean sightlines to the horizon.
Best window on 2026-11-11 is 16:00–18:00 local time.
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Conditions at the deck · 11 Nov 2026, 12:00
- Temperature
- 14°C
- Cloud
- 0% · low 0%
- Wind
- 12 km/h · gusts 17
- Visibility
- 47 km
- Air quality
- AQI 51
Open-Meteo (forecast + air quality)
Altitude & cloud
Live· 12:07
Best window · 2026-11-1116:00–18:00America/New_York
Why
- Long, clean sightlines to the horizon
- Golden hour — the best light of the day
- Blue hour just after sunset
- Only high cloud — the view underneath stays open
- Little chance of rain
- Operating status unconfirmed
Outlook · America/New_York
- WedVIEW95
- ThuMAYBE67
- FriVIEW77
- SatVIEW81
- SunVIEW84
Deck facts
- 100th Floor
- 335 m above ground · 343 m ASL · Outdoor
- Local timezone
- America/New_York
Is it worth visiting on a cloudy day?
Edge’s signature 100th-floor platform is outdoors at about 343 m above sea level. Rain, wind and cold matter to that part of the visit, which is what this page’s exposure score models. Edge also has indoor experiences; the outdoor forecast is not a rating of every part of the ticket. A high cloud base can leave a useful city view below it, while reaching a low base does not prove you are above the layer.
When is the best time to go up?
For the outdoor platform, look for a calm, dry visit window and check the operator’s access notices. If the indoor experience is your main interest, consider it separately: the weather score does not rate the installations. Late light and the Hudson-facing perspective may suit your photographs, but the best timing depends on the conditions shown above.
Common questions about Edge NYC
- Is Edge NYC worth it in bad weather?
- Bad weather can reduce the appeal or availability of the outdoor platform, but Edge also has an indoor experience. This forecast scores the exposed viewing platform; it does not decide how much you will enjoy the indoor installations. If being outside is essential, check access and the visit window before buying.
- Does Edge NYC close in bad weather?
- Closures are the operator’s decision and depend on conditions on the day, so the operator’s own page is the only reliable answer before you travel. What this page can tell you is whether the conditions that tend to prompt one are forecast, and a deck this site knows to be closed can never be recommended — an operations check overrides the weather score entirely rather than being averaged into it.
- How high is Edge NYC?
- The deck is on the 100th floor at 335 m above street level, roughly 343 m above sea level, making it one of the highest outdoor observation decks in the Western Hemisphere. It is fully outdoors, including the angled glass floor panel and the glass walls that lean outward over the drop.
- Edge or SUMMIT One Vanderbilt?
- Both combine skyline views with experiences beyond the panorama. Choose Edge for its projecting outdoor platform and West Side location, or SUMMIT for its mirrored Midtown spaces. Edge also has indoor installations; compare the signature viewpoints in the forecast without assuming bad weather cancels the whole attraction.
Updated · Sources: Open-Meteo (forecast + air quality), ViewOrSkip published-hours calendar (Tier 1, day-level, no live feed)
Updated · Sources: Open-Meteo (forecast + air quality)