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Nescopeck, Pennsylvania

Borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Nescopeck

Index 38, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre (PA), 32 miles off.

38Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)38Good-
  • Ozone26Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Nescopeck

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

Last 24 hours
0.41in
Last 3 days
0.41in

Visibility

How far you can see at Nescopeck, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 9 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Nescopeck, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

HazeltonHZL

At an airfield/12.5 mi away/1,604 ft/1,079 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank636of 1,383

Bears HeadBHDP1

At a river or reservoir gauge/15.7 mi away/2,057 ft/1,532 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank594of 1,383

measured daily2 instruments

Nescopeck 0.7 WPA-LZ-51

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/509 ft/16 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Mahanoy CityMAYP1

At a cooperative observer's station/15.8 mi away/1,591 ft/1,066 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank106of 1,383

Station report

The weather at Hazelton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.5 mi from Nescopeck, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 700 ft, overcast at 1,200 ft; the ceiling is 700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hazelton, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, the ceiling at 700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HZLFIG. A THE SKY OVER HAZELTONSECTION, 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 SKYBKN 700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHazelton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HZLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HZL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.6 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 700 ft.

Chart of the air at Hazelton: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HZLFIG. B THE AIR AT HAZELTONTHE 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.6 F, 60.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEHazelton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HZLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HZL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Hazelton, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 6 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 HZLFIG. C THE WIND AT HAZELTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHazelton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HZLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HZL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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