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Wattsburg, Pennsylvania Weather

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

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

Wattsburg, PA
Saturday, July 4 at 8:17 AM
74
°
Overcast
Feels like
77°
Humidity
75%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
1:49 AM
Sunset
4:58 PM
Wattsburg, PA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastWattsburg, PA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 66 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit with a 26% chance of precipitation at 4 PM.
L 66°H 86°
Wattsburg, PA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Light Drizzle
    26%
    86°68°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Drizzle
    70%
    0.04″
    84°66°-2°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Thunderstorm
    55%
    75°63°-9°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Drizzle
    21%
    78°60°+3°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    81°60°+3°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Showers
    43%
    0.42″
    80°63°-1°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    33%
    78°64°-2°
Wattsburg, PA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
281° · veering 62°
Direction
W
281°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
15
mph
Peak 24h
22
avg 7
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 7 · pk 22 @ 4:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 202SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 62° from the w.
Wattsburg, PA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
971.7
+2.5 mb in 3h · rising rapidly · 28.69 inHg
Now
971.7
mb
3h
+2.5
mb
12h
+1.4
mb
24h
-0.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 969973
965970975980-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW973.3969.0971.8
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Wattsburg, PA
Air quality
44
AQI
Good
-18 in 6h

AQI 44 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 18 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM2.5 at 9.0 µg/m³ (AQI 50) with a 0.93 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 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
9.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
4μg/m³
OzoneModerate
79μg/m³
UV IndexLow
1.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 37 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 12 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 37
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 12

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 9.0 µg/m³ (AQI 50) with a 0.93 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.93
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Wattsburg, PA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
38.9mi
UNLIMITED
73 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
12:17 UTC · Wattsburg, 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
12:17 UTC · Wattsburg, PA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Wattsburg, PA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Wattsburg, PA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Wattsburg, PA
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:16 AM
Sunrise
1:49 AM
Daylight
15h 09m
Sunset
4:58 PM
Civil dusk
9:33 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Wattsburg, PA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
82% illuminated
Moonrise
11:16 PM
Moonset
10:20 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Wattsburg, PA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Wattsburg at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 4°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 28 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 16442

16-Day Forecast — Wattsburg

  1. Sat86°68°26%
  2. Sun84°66°70%
  3. Mon75°63°55%
  4. Tue78°60°21%
  5. Wed81°60°8%
  6. Thu80°63°43%
  7. Fri78°64°33%
  8. Sat77°62°23%
  9. Sun76°62°22%
  10. Mon71°60°17%
  11. Tue76°57°20%
  12. Wed81°65°30%
  13. Thu83°65°32%
  14. Fri79°67°54%
  15. Sat78°66°33%
  16. Sun79°59°32%

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 — Wattsburg

SPC has placed Wattsburg 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 Wattsburg

  • 16442

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.