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Tharptown, Pennsylvania Weather

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

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

Tharptown, PA
Saturday, July 4 at 8:01 AM
80
°
Overcast
Feels like
84°
Humidity
61%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
1:40 AM
Sunset
4:41 PM
Tharptown, PA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastTharptown, PA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 71 to 96 degrees Fahrenheit with a 35% chance of precipitation at 9 PM.
L 71°H 96°
Tharptown, PA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Drizzle
    35%
    0.03″
    96°73°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Rain
    91%
    0.30″
    90°71°-6°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Thunderstorm
    91%
    0.15″
    73°62°-17°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Foggy
    61%
    79°60°+6°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    19%
    83°56°+4°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Drizzle
    39%
    0.05″
    84°62°+1°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    44%
    86°67°+2°
Tharptown, PA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
273° · backing 18°
Direction
W
273°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
11
mph
Peak 24h
18
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 18 @ 3:00a
01020304050MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7B8B9-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 473SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 18° from the w.
Tharptown, PA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
991.0
+1.4 mb in 3h · rising · 29.26 inHg
Now
991.0
mb
3h
+1.4
mb
12h
+1.2
mb
24h
-2.2
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 990993
9859909951000STORM|RAIN-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW993.4989.6991.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Tharptown, PA
Air quality
56
AQI
Moderate
+3 in 6h

AQI 56 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 9.1 µg/m³ (AQI 51) with a 0.94 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
9.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneModerate
98μg/m³
UV IndexLow
1.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 46 now. With UV 4.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 27 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 46
UV peak
4.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 27

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 9.1 µg/m³ (AQI 51) with a 0.94 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 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
Tharptown, PA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
58.9mi
UNLIMITED
85 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
12:01 UTC · Tharptown, 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
12:01 UTC · Tharptown, PA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Tharptown, PA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Tharptown, PA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Tharptown, PA
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:08 AM
Sunrise
1:40 AM
Daylight
15h 01m
Sunset
4:41 PM
Civil dusk
9:15 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Tharptown, PA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
82% illuminated
Moonrise
11:01 PM
Moonset
10:09 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Tharptown, PA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Tharptown at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 9°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 21 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Tharptown

  1. Sat96°73°35%
  2. Sun90°71°91%
  3. Mon73°62°91%
  4. Tue79°60°61%
  5. Wed83°56°19%
  6. Thu84°62°39%
  7. Fri86°67°44%
  8. Sat87°69°30%
  9. Sun72°66°27%
  10. Mon73°65°22%
  11. Tue83°63°18%
  12. Wed85°66°29%
  13. Thu93°69°32%
  14. Fri92°72°35%
  15. Sat82°70°45%
  16. Sun88°65°34%

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 — Tharptown

SPC has placed Tharptown 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 Tharptown

  • 17866

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.