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Fort Loudon, Pennsylvania Weather

Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Fort Loudon weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Fort Loudon, PA
Sunday, July 5 at 4:27 PM
88
°
Light Drizzle
Feels like
94°
Humidity
50%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
1:49 AM
Sunset
4:43 PM
Fort Loudon, PA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFort Loudon, PA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 71 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit with a 39% chance of precipitation at 8 PM.
L 71°H 90°
Fort Loudon, PA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Drizzle
    39%
    0.07″
    90°70°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    35%
    84°71°-6°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Heavy Rain
    66%
    1.0″
    73°65°-11°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Light Drizzle
    32%
    0.04″
    69°63°-4°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    37%
    94°65°+25°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    47%
    0.05″
    80°68°-14°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Foggy
    38%
    81°67°+1°
Fort Loudon, PA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WNW
291° · veering 54°
Direction
WNW
291°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
5
mph
Peak 24h
20
avg 4
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 4 · pk 20 @ 6:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 213SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Fort Loudon, PA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
990.3
-1.0 mb in 3h · falling · 29.24 inHg
Now
990.3
mb
3h
-1.0
mb
12h
-0.4
mb
24h
0.0
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 990993
9859909951000STORM|RAIN-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW992.6989.6990.4
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Fort Loudon, PA
Air quality
60
AQI
Moderate
+27 in 6h

AQI 60 (Moderate), driven by Ozone. AQI up 27 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Ozone at AQI 58 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
11.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
12μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
112μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
3.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 58 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 58
UV peak
3.0 at earlier today
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 58

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 11.4 µg/m³ (AQI 55) with a 0.93 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.93
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Fort Loudon, PA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
76%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
65.8mi
UNLIMITED
123 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
20:27 UTC · Fort Loudon, PA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
20:27 UTC · Fort Loudon, PA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Fort Loudon, PA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fort Loudon, PA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fort Loudon, PA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:17 AM
Sunrise
1:49 AM
Daylight
14h 54m
Sunset
4:43 PM
Civil dusk
9:17 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Fort Loudon, PA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
69% illuminated
Moonrise
11:29 PM
Moonset
11:21 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Fort Loudon, PA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

fish
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Fort Loudon at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 16°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 16 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 17224

16-Day Forecast — Fort Loudon

  1. Sun91°70°39%
  2. Mon84°72°35%
  3. Tue73°65°66%
  4. Wed69°63°32%
  5. Thu94°65°37%
  6. Fri80°68°47%
  7. Sat81°67°38%
  8. Sun78°67°26%
  9. Mon88°63°17%
  10. Tue66°63°15%
  11. Wed74°63°15%
  12. Thu84°58°32%
  13. Fri82°62°25%
  14. Sat83°62°29%
  15. Sun81°63°26%
  16. Mon71°66°26%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Fort Loudon

SPC has placed Fort Loudon in the Slight Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYSLGTSlight Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Scattered severe storms possible. A few tornadoes, hail, and damaging wind gusts possible.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Fort Loudon

  • 17224

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.