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Great Bend, Pennsylvania

Borough in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Great Bend

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre (PA), 44 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 40 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 Great Bend

0.01 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.01in

Visibility

How far you can see at Great Bend, the next 40 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.9 miles Fri 4 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Great Bend, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Great Bend 0.2 NWPA-SS-30

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/899 ft/9 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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SusquehannaSSQP1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.4 mi away/899 ft/9 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at I-81 N/B @ Exit 223 New Milford PA US PADOT, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 7.3 mi from Great Bend, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:25 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over I-81 N/B @ Exit 223 New Milford PA US PADOT, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PA027FIG. A THE SKY OVER I-81 N/B @ EXIT 223 NEW MILFORD PA US PADOTSECTION, 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 STATIONNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEI-81 N/B @ Exit 223 New Milford PA US PADOT, the skySTATION REPORT · RWIS PA027TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PA027-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 51.4 F, 91 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 600 ft up.

Chart of the air at I-81 N/B @ Exit 223 New Milford PA US PADOT: temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.4, 91 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PA027FIG. B THE AIR AT I-81 N/B @ EXIT 223 NEW MILFORD PA US PADOTTHE 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 600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 50.8 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 54.0 F, 51.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 91 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 POINTTITLEI-81 N/B @ Exit 223 New Milford PA US PADOT, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS PA027TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PA027-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (154 degrees) at 2 mph, gusting 7 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 8 mph.

Plan of the wind at I-81 N/B @ Exit 223 New Milford PA US PADOT, north up: blowing from 154 degrees, the south southeast, at 2 miles an hour, gusting 7; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PA027FIG. C THE WIND AT I-81 N/B @ EXIT 223 NEW MILFORD PA US PADOTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 154°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEI-81 N/B @ Exit 223 New Milford PA US PADOT, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS PA027TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PA027-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The full report of I-81 N/B @ Exit 223 New Milford PA US PADOT, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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