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Rockdale Acres, Pennsylvania Weather

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

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

Rockdale Acres, PA
Saturday, July 4 at 5:11 PM
86
°
Clear
Feels like
89°
Humidity
53%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
1:50 AM
Sunset
4:57 PM
Rockdale Acres, PA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastRockdale Acres, PA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 67 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit with a 21% chance of precipitation at 4 PM.
L 67°H 86°
Rockdale Acres, PA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    36%
    86°67°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    40%
    83°67°-3°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Thunderstorm
    87%
    0.10″
    79°67°-4°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Thunderstorm
    50%
    0.01″
    73°65°-6°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Foggy
    11%
    77°63°+4°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    42%
    0.07″
    73°61°-4°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Thunderstorm
    62%
    0.04″
    73°67°
Rockdale Acres, PA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WNW
301° · veering 26°
Direction
WNW
301°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
13
mph
Peak 24h
19
avg 5
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE 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 19 @ 7:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 179SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 26° from the wnw.
Rockdale Acres, PA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
970.0
-0.7 mb in 3h · falling · 28.64 inHg
Now
970.0
mb
3h
-0.7
mb
12h
-0.3
mb
24h
-1.5
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 970973
965970975980-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW973.1969.9970.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Rockdale Acres, PA
Air quality
49
AQI
Good
+13 in 6h

AQI 49 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI up 13 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). Ozone at AQI 45 — peak already passed at 1 PM under overcast 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
6.8μg/m³
PM 10Good
7μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
96μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
2.6

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 45 — peak already passed at 1 PM under overcast skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 45
UV peak
2.2 at earlier today
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 45

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 6.8 µg/m³, PM10 at 7.1 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.96
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Rockdale Acres, PA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
1%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
76.2mi
UNLIMITED
77 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
21:11 UTC · Rockdale Acres, 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
21:11 UTC · Rockdale Acres, PA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Rockdale Acres, PA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Rockdale Acres, PA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Rockdale Acres, PA
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:17 AM
Sunrise
1:50 AM
Daylight
15h 07m
Sunset
4:57 PM
Civil dusk
9:32 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Rockdale Acres, PA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
78% illuminated
Moonrise
11:16 PM
Moonset
10:21 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Rockdale Acres, PA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Rockdale Acres at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 16°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 27 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Rockdale Acres

  1. Sat86°67°36%
  2. Sun83°67°40%
  3. Mon79°67°87%
  4. Tue73°65°50%
  5. Wed77°63°11%
  6. Thu73°61°42%
  7. Fri73°67°62%
  8. Sat73°59°25%
  9. Sun71°53°16%
  10. Mon70°52°26%
  11. Tue72°52°23%
  12. Wed77°54°39%
  13. Thu79°59°29%
  14. Fri83°61°42%
  15. Sat78°65°32%
  16. Sun68°64°52%

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 — Rockdale Acres

SPC has placed Rockdale Acres in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

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 Rockdale Acres

  • 16403

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.