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Rauchtown, Pennsylvania Weather

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

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

Rauchtown, PA
Saturday, July 4 at 8:14 AM
78
°
Clear
Feels like
81°
Humidity
68%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
1:41 AM
Sunset
4:44 PM
Rauchtown, PA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastRauchtown, PA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 70 to 94 degrees Fahrenheit with a 35% chance of precipitation at 9 PM.
L 70°H 94°
Rauchtown, PA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Light Rain
    35%
    0.11″
    94°71°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Heavy Rain
    79%
    0.80″
    89°70°-5°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Drizzle
    79%
    0.03″
    71°64°-18°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Heavy Drizzle
    61%
    0.07″
    79°62°+8°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    15%
    87°59°+8°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    38%
    90°60°+3°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    43%
    86°65°-4°
Rauchtown, PA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
270° · steady
Direction
W
270°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
19
mph
Peak 24h
39
avg 6
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 6 · pk 39 @ 2:00a
010203040MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7B8-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 424SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze holding from the w.
Rauchtown, 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
+1.7
mb
24h
-1.9
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-24hNOW986.5982.2984.3
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Rauchtown, PA
Air quality
52
AQI
Moderate
-1 in 6h

AQI 52 (Moderate), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). Ozone at AQI 49 now. With UV 4.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 28 around 1 PM.

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

PM 2.5Good
7.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
8μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
103μg/m³
UV IndexLow
1.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 49 now. With UV 4.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 28 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 49
UV peak
4.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 28

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 7.3 µg/m³ (AQI 41) 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
Rauchtown, PA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
1%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
50.8mi
UNLIMITED
87 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
12:14 UTC · Rauchtown, 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
12:14 UTC · Rauchtown, PA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Rauchtown, PA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Rauchtown, PA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Rauchtown, PA
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:09 AM
Sunrise
1:41 AM
Daylight
15h 03m
Sunset
4:44 PM
Civil dusk
9:19 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Rauchtown, PA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
82% illuminated
Moonrise
11:04 PM
Moonset
10:11 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Rauchtown, PA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Rauchtown at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 7°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 23 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Rauchtown

  1. Sat94°71°35%
  2. Sun89°70°79%
  3. Mon71°64°79%
  4. Tue79°62°61%
  5. Wed87°59°15%
  6. Thu90°60°38%
  7. Fri86°65°43%
  8. Sat86°67°28%
  9. Sun76°65°28%
  10. Mon71°64°20%
  11. Tue83°63°19%
  12. Wed86°65°24%
  13. Thu93°67°24%
  14. Fri88°69°29%
  15. Sat86°69°39%
  16. Sun88°64°35%

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 — Rauchtown

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

  • TODAYSLGTSlight Risk
  • TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
  • 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 Rauchtown

  • 17740

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.