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Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania

Borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Fountain Hill

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 AM from its reporting area, Lehigh Valley (PA), 10 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good1.9 mi
  • Ozone18Good14 ppb1.9 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 40 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 Fountain Hill

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fountain Hill, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 11 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fountain Hill, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Fountain Hill 0.6 SSEPA-LH-34

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/696 ft/349 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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SpringtownSPRP1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.4 mi away/797 ft/450 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Allentown-Bethlehem, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.4 mi from Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:51 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 300 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 2 mi.

Section of the sky over Allentown-Bethlehem, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 300 feet, the ceiling at 300 feet, and visibility of 2 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ABEFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEMSECTION, 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 300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 2 MI0510TITLEAllentown-Bethlehem, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ABETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ABE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

61.0 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 300 ft.

Chart of the air at Allentown-Bethlehem: temperature 61.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ABEFIG. B THE AIR AT ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEMTHE 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 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 61.0 F, 59.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEAllentown-Bethlehem, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ABETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ABE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Allentown-Bethlehem, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ABEFIG. C THE WIND AT ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEMPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAllentown-Bethlehem, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ABETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ABE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

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