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Pleasant Hill, Pennsylvania

Community in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Pleasant Hill

Index 74, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Susquehanna Valley (PA), 28 miles off.

74Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)74Moderate12.8 mi
  • Ozone21Good0 ppb12.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Tue 2 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Pleasant Hill

None in the last 24 hours; 0.22 in over the last 3 days, to Sun 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.22in

Visibility

How far you can see at Pleasant Hill, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Tue 2 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Pleasant Hill, 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

measured daily2 instruments

LebanonLEBP1

At a cooperative observer's station/1.5 mi away/486 ft/level with here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station GW7009, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 3.1 mi from Pleasant Hill, Pennsylvania. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station GW7009, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW7009FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION GW7009PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR1GUST, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station GW7009, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW7009TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-18IDSR-GW7009-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 508 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.38 inHg and the temperature at 57.2 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.55 inHg means its barometer reads 29.99 inHg; it reports 34.0 F, 23.2 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station GW7009 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 508 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.38 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.2 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.55 and the station pressure it means, 29.99.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW7009FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION GW7009 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION GW70092 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT508 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.38 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.2 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.55 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.99 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED34.0 FTITLECitizen station GW7009, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW7009TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-18IDSR-GW7009-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 18 the noon sun stands 40 degrees above the horizon at 40.29 N, and the day is 10 h 53 min long. Level ground there takes 64 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station GW7009, angles true: on Oct 18 it stands 40 degrees above the horizon, against 73 at the June solstice, 50 at the equinoxes and 26 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 53 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW7009FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION GW7009ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 73°EQUINOXES 50°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 26°OCT 18, 40°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 53 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 64 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 40.29 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.8°TITLECitizen station GW7009, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW7009TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-18IDSR-GW7009-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station GW7009, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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