KHA53: NOAA Weather Radio for Rochester, New York

KHA53 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Rochester (transmitter at Fairport), broadcasting on 162.400 MHz at 500 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Buffalo office's broadcast and covers 10 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.

Callsign	KHA53
Frequency	162.400 MHz
Transmitter	Rochester (transmitter at Fairport), New York
Power	500 watts
Forecast office	NWS Buffalo
Status	Normal (NWS data, July 2026)

Marine radios often label 162.400 MHz as WX2, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.

Counties KHA53 covers

County	State	SAME code	Note
Cayuga	New York	036011
Genesee	New York	036037	E 1/2
Livingston	New York	036051
Monroe	New York	036055
Ontario	New York	036069
Orleans	New York	036073
Seneca	New York	036099
Wayne	New York	036117	W 1/2
Wyoming	New York	036121	E 1/2
Yates	New York	036123	N 1/2

A county marked with a note (for example partial coverage) is served for that portion only. Program the six-digit code into your radio's SAME location list - the SAME code guide walks through it, and how alert radios work explains what the radio does with it.

Hearing KHA53

Any receiver that tunes 162.400 MHz FM can listen: scanners, VHF ham radios, marine sets, or a software-defined receiver. What those do not do is wake you at 3 a.m. - for that you want a dedicated radio with SAME alerting, covered in the buyer's guide.

Every New York transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in New York. Or look any county up with the finder.

Sources:

“NWR County Coverage Listings”. weather.gov. Archived from the original on 2026-07-19. Retrieved 2026-07-16. Every figure on this page - frequency, transmitter site, power, operational status, and county SAME codes - is from this dataset. Transmitters move, change power, and go down for maintenance; verify locally before you rely on it.