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Economy, Pennsylvania

Borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Economy

Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Pittsburgh (PA), 24 miles off.

52Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate9.4 mi
  • Ozone23Good16 ppb9.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Economy

None in the last 24 hours; 0.49 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.49in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 3 miles Fri 2 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Economy, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ZelienoplePJC

At an airfield/9.8 mi away/895 ft/156 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank747of 1,383

measured daily2 instruments

Baden 2.7 NEPA-BV-23

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/1,150 ft/99 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Zelienople, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.8 mi from Economy, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 5,500 ft, broken at 6,500 ft, broken at 12,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Zelienople, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, broken cloud with its base at 6,500 feet, broken cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PJCFIG. A THE SKY OVER ZELIENOPLESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 12,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 6,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 5,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEZelienople, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PJCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PJC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

69.8 F with a dew point of 66.2 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Zelienople: temperature 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.2, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PJCFIG. B THE AIR AT ZELIENOPLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.3 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 5,500 FTTEMPERATURE 69.8 FDEW POINT 66.2 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLEZelienople, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PJCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PJC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Zelienople, 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 PJCFIG. C THE WIND AT ZELIENOPLEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEZelienople, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PJCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PJC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Zelienople, 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 Economy

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

Near Economy

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