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Hop Bottom, Pennsylvania Weather

Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Hop Bottom weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Hop Bottom, PA
Saturday, July 4 at 8:41 AM
80
°
Clear
Feels like
86°
Humidity
74%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
1:34 AM
Sunset
4:40 PM
Hop Bottom, PA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastHop Bottom, PA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 68 to 94 degrees Fahrenheit with a 44% chance of precipitation at 9 PM.
L 68°H 94°
Hop Bottom, PA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Rain
    44%
    0.26″
    94°69°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    83%
    88°68°-6°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Drizzle
    85%
    0.18″
    72°61°-16°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Drizzle
    51%
    79°60°+7°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    16%
    84°57°+5°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    39%
    88°61°+4°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    41%
    80°65°-8°
Hop Bottom, PA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
279° · veering 19°
Direction
W
279°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
14
mph
Peak 24h
20
avg 5
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 5 · pk 20 @ 3:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 287SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 19° from the w.
Hop Bottom, PA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
984.3
+1.5 mb in 3h · rising · 29.07 inHg
Now
984.3
mb
3h
+1.5
mb
12h
-0.1
mb
24h
-2.8
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 982987
9759809859909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW986.5982.1983.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Hop Bottom, PA
Air quality
37
AQI
Good
+1 in 6hPeak ~51 @ 7 PM

AQI 37 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). Ozone at AQI 43 now. With UV 4.7 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 27 around 1 PM.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion during the projected peak around 7 PM.

PM 2.5Good
4.8μg/m³
PM 10Good
5μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
92μg/m³
UV IndexLow
1.4

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 43 now. With UV 4.7 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 27 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 43
UV peak
4.7 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 27

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 4.8 µg/m³ (AQI 27) with a 0.94 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.94
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Hop Bottom, PA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
4%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
42.4mi
UNLIMITED
98 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
12:41 UTC · Hop Bottom, 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
12:41 UTC · Hop Bottom, PA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Hop Bottom, PA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Hop Bottom, PA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Hop Bottom, PA
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:01 AM
Sunrise
1:34 AM
Daylight
15h 06m
Sunset
4:40 PM
Civil dusk
9:16 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Hop Bottom, PA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
81% illuminated
Moonrise
10:59 PM
Moonset
10:04 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Hop Bottom, PA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Hop Bottom at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 10°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 26 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 18824

16-Day Forecast — Hop Bottom

  1. Sat94°69°44%
  2. Sun88°68°83%
  3. Mon72°61°85%
  4. Tue79°60°51%
  5. Wed84°57°16%
  6. Thu88°61°39%
  7. Fri80°65°41%
  8. Sat87°65°26%
  9. Sun68°62°34%
  10. Mon67°62°27%
  11. Tue77°60°30%
  12. Wed88°60°26%
  13. Thu92°67°23%
  14. Fri89°68°19%
  15. Sat81°68°20%
  16. Sun85°62°29%

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

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 4, 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 — Hop Bottom

SPC has placed Hop Bottom 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 Hop Bottom

  • 18824

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.