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Buckhorn, Pennsylvania

Community in Columbia County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Buckhorn

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Williamsport (PA), 31 miles off.

24Good
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Buckhorn

None in the last 24 hours; 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.03in

Visibility

How far you can see at Buckhorn, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Buckhorn, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

ShamokinN79

At an airfield/12.5 mi away/860 ft/221 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank898of 1,383

measured daily2 instruments

Bloomsburg 1.8 EPA-CLM-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/480 ft/159 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

NataliePOPP1

At a cooperative observer's station/12.5 mi away/915 ft/276 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Shamokin, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.5 mi from Buckhorn, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Shamokin, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, the ceiling at 1,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT N79FIG. A THE SKY OVER SHAMOKINSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 1,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEShamokin, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS N79TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-N79-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.6 F with a dew point of 56.5 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Shamokin: temperature 57.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.5, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT N79FIG. B THE AIR AT SHAMOKINTHE 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 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.6 F, 56.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLEShamokin, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS N79TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-N79-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (160 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Shamokin, north up: blowing from 160 degrees, the south southeast, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT N79FIG. C THE WIND AT SHAMOKINPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 160°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEShamokin, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS N79TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-N79-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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