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Ephrata, Pennsylvania

Borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Ephrata

Index 35, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Susquehanna Valley (PA), 29 miles off.

35Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)35Good10.1 mi
  • Ozone20Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 42 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 Ephrata

None in the last 24 hours; 0.01 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.01in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ephrata, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Ephrata, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

LancasterLNS

At an airfield/7.4 mi away/404 ft/31 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank13of 1,383

measured daily2 instruments

Ephrata 0.4 SSWPA-LN-49

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/349 ft/24 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

New HollandNHDP1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.1 mi away/620 ft/247 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank654of 1,383

Station report

The weather at Lancaster, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.4 mi from Ephrata, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 900 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Lancaster, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 900 feet, the ceiling at 900 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LNSFIG. A THE SKY OVER LANCASTERSECTION, 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 900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLELancaster, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LNSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LNS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 57.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Lancaster: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LNSFIG. B THE AIR AT LANCASTERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.0 F, 57.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLELancaster, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LNSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LNS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (150 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Lancaster, north up: blowing from 150 degrees, the south southeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LNSFIG. C THE WIND AT LANCASTERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 150°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELancaster, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LNSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LNS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at New Holland (NHDP1), 9.1 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

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

Near Ephrata

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

Near Ephrata

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