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Coaldale, Pennsylvania

Borough in Bedford County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Coaldale

Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Altoona (PA), 26 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
  • Ozone21Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Coaldale

0.05 in in the last 24 hours, 0.18 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.05in
Last 3 days
0.18in

Visibility

How far you can see at Coaldale, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Coaldale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station EW1858EW1858

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/879 ft/249 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

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Altoona/Blair Co.AOO

At an airfield/10.4 mi away/1,503 ft/375 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Wood 0.1 SPA-HN-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.2 mi away/1,878 ft/750 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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EverettEVRP1

At a cooperative observer's station/13.1 mi away/1,152 ft/24 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Altoona/Blair Co., drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.4 mi from Coaldale, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Altoona/Blair Co., height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AOOFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALTOONA/BLAIR CO.SECTION, 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 SHEETSCT 4,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAltoona/Blair Co., the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AOOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AOO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

78.0 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 62 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Altoona/Blair Co.: temperature 78.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 62 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AOOFIG. B THE AIR AT ALTOONA/BLAIR CO.THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 3,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,500 FTTEMPERATURE 78.0 FDEW POINT 64.0 FSPREAD 14.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 62 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 POINTTITLEAltoona/Blair Co., the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AOOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AOO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Altoona/Blair Co., north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AOOFIG. C THE WIND AT ALTOONA/BLAIR CO.PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAltoona/Blair Co., the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AOOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AOO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Altoona/Blair Co., in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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