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East Side, Pennsylvania

Borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at East Side

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre (PA), 19 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good22.5 mi
  • Ozone19Good20 ppb22.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at East Side

0.35 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.35in
Last 3 days
0.35in

Visibility

How far you can see at East Side, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest East Side, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

HazeltonHZL

At an airfield/13.3 mi away/1,604 ft/370 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank592of 1,394

measured daily2 instruments

White Haven 1.5 NWPA-LZ-23

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/1,342 ft/108 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Francis E Walter DamWHNP1

At a dam/4.2 mi away/1,526 ft/292 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Hazelton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.3 mi from East Side, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,200 ft; the ceiling is 1,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hazelton, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, the ceiling at 1,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HZLFIG. A THE SKY OVER HAZELTONSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 1,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHazelton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HZLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-HZL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 44.6 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Hazelton: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HZLFIG. B THE AIR AT HAZELTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,200 FTTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 44.6 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLEHazelton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HZLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-HZL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hazelton, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 16; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HZLFIG. C THE WIND AT HAZELTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHazelton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HZLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-HZL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Hazelton, 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 East Side

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

Near East Side

River and lake gauges