SR 322 W/B @ Venango-Mercer Co. PA US PADOTPA071
Beside a road/3.8 mi away/1,306 ft/238 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Weather/Pennsylvania/Cochranton
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 3 AM (62%).
Now. Cochranton is 63° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the south at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 69° by 5 AM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 49°. Rain is likely tomorrow (54%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:38 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:28 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Cochranton, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
Index 41, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Mercer County (PA), 19 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 31, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 2 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Cochranton, PennsylvaniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Cochranton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
SR 322 W/B @ Venango-Mercer Co. PA US PADOTPA071
Beside a road/3.8 mi away/1,306 ft/238 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station CW6401CW6401
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.8 mi away/1,260 ft/192 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
French Creek at Meadville03023100
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.8 mi away/1,058 ft/10 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
MeadvilleGKJ
At an airfield/11.4 mi away/1,404 ft/336 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Cochranton 3.4 NWPA-CW-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/1,319 ft/251 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
FranklinFKNP1
At a cooperative observer's station/14.7 mi away/965 ft/103 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 11.4 mi from Cochranton, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:42 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 2 mi.
62.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.
At 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Meadville, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Franklin (FKNP1), 14.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.