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Effort, Pennsylvania

Community in Monroe County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Effort

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lehigh Valley (PA), 24 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good11.7 mi
  • Ozone23Good22 ppb11.7 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide5Good5 ppb20 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb20 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 50, good.

Smoke, the next 45 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 Effort

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

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

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 6 AM, under a mile for 6 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Effort, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Mt PoconoMPO

At an airfield/14.3 mi away/1,893 ft/883 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank578of 1,383

measured daily2 instruments

Effort 3.2 NNWPA-MN-25

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/1,190 ft/180 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Mt Pocono, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.3 mi from Effort, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM 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 Mt Pocono, 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 MPOFIG. A THE SKY OVER MT POCONOSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMt Pocono, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MPOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MPO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.0 F with a dew point of 47.0 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Mt Pocono: temperature 51.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.0, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MPOFIG. B THE AIR AT MT POCONOTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,200 FTTEMPERATURE 51.0 FDEW POINT 47.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLEMt Pocono, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MPOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MPO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (130 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mt Pocono, north up: blowing from 130 degrees, the southeast, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MPOFIG. C THE WIND AT MT POCONOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 130°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMt Pocono, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MPOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MPO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Mt Pocono, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Stroudsburg 1N (SDBP1), 14.5 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

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

Near Effort

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

Near Effort

River and lake gauges