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Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania

Borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Belle Vernon

Index 47, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Mon Valley Area (PA), 13 miles off.

47Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)47Good2.1 mi
  • Ozone-34 ppb2.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Belle Vernon

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.03in

Visibility

How far you can see at Belle Vernon, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 11 PM.

FriSatSun

On the radar over Belle Vernon, PennsylvaniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Belle Vernon, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Belle Vernon 0.4 NWPA-FY-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/863 ft/2 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

CharleroiCHRP1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.2 mi away/801 ft/64 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank96of 1,383

Station report

The weather at Pittsburgh/Alleghen, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.0 mi from Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 1,000 ft, broken at 1,500 ft, overcast at 4,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,500 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Pittsburgh/Alleghen, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,100 feet, the ceiling at 1,500 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AGCFIG. A THE SKY OVER PITTSBURGH/ALLEGHENSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 1,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLEPittsburgh/Alleghen, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AGCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AGC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 60.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Pittsburgh/Alleghen: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AGCFIG. B THE AIR AT PITTSBURGH/ALLEGHENTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE 63.0 FDEW POINT 60.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEPittsburgh/Alleghen, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AGCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AGC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 37 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 40 mph.

Plan of the wind at Pittsburgh/Alleghen, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 37; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AGCFIG. C THE WIND AT PITTSBURGH/ALLEGHENPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 37 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPittsburgh/Alleghen, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AGCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AGC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Pittsburgh/Alleghen, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Charleroi (CHRP1), 2.2 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Belle Vernon

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Near Belle Vernon

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