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Lansford, Pennsylvania

Borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Lansford

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Lehigh Valley (PA), 21 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone23Good22 ppb22.3 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 41 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lansford

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lansford, the next 41 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 8 AM, under a mile for 5 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lansford, 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 now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Lansford 0.1 EPA-CB-31

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/1,134 ft/5 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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LehightonLGHP1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/591 ft/548 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank14of 1,383

Station report

The weather at Lehighton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.5 mi from Lansford, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,500 ft, overcast at 4,200 ft; the ceiling is 3,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Lehighton, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,200 feet, the ceiling at 3,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 22NFIG. A THE SKY OVER LEHIGHTONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELehighton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 22NTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-22N-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 48.2 F, 67 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Lehighton: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.2, 67 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 22NFIG. B THE AIR AT LEHIGHTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,500 FTTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 48.2 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 67 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 POINTTITLELehighton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 22NTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-22N-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (180 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Lehighton, north up: blowing from 180 degrees, the south, at 5 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 22NFIG. C THE WIND AT LEHIGHTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 180°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELehighton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 22NTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-22N-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Lehighton, 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 Lansford

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

Near Lansford

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