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Park Crest, Pennsylvania

Community in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Park Crest

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Lehigh Valley (PA), 28 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
  • Ozone21Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 45 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 Park Crest

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Park Crest, the next 45 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Park Crest, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Bears HeadBHDP1

At a river or reservoir gauge/2.3 mi away/2,057 ft/812 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank594of 1,383

HazeltonHZL

At an airfield/12.0 mi away/1,604 ft/359 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank636of 1,383

measured daily2 instruments

Mahanoy CityMAYP1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/1,591 ft/346 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank106of 1,383

Lansford 0.1 EPA-CB-31

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.4 mi away/1,134 ft/111 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Hazelton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.0 mi from Park Crest, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,200 ft; the ceiling is 1,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hazelton, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, the ceiling at 1,200 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 SKYCEILING 1,200 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

53.6 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Hazelton: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,200 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,200 FTTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 50.0 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 south southeast (160 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hazelton, north up: blowing from 160 degrees, the south southeast, 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 160°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

Measured at Mahanoy City (MAYP1), 3.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

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

Near Park Crest

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

Near Park Crest

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