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Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania

Borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Clarks Summit

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre (PA), 11 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good5.6 mi
  • Ozone23Good22 ppb5.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 54, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 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 Clarks Summit

None in the last 24 hours; 0.01 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.01in

Visibility

How far you can see at Clarks Summit, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Clarks Summit, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.9 mi from Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:54 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,800 ft; the ceiling is 3,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,800 feet, the ceiling at 3,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AVPFIG. A THE SKY OVER WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWilkes-Barre/Scranton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AVPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AVP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 47.0 F, 64 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.0, 64 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AVPFIG. B THE AIR AT WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,800 FTTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 47.0 FSPREAD 12.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 64 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 POINTTITLEWilkes-Barre/Scranton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AVPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AVP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AVPFIG. C THE WIND AT WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWilkes-Barre/Scranton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AVPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AVP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

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

Near Clarks Summit

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Clarks Summit

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