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Prospect Park, Pennsylvania

Borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Prospect Park

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 PM from its reporting area, Philadelphia (PA), 9 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate5 mi
  • Ozone23Good22 ppb5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good14 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide8Good9.3 ppb8.7 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1.1 ppb6.9 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.7 ppm8.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Prospect Park

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.06in

Visibility

How far you can see at Prospect Park, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 4 miles Sat 5 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Prospect Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

I-95 @ Girard AvenuePA017

Beside a road/5.8 mi away/23 ft/42 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Avondale 2 N03761

At a climate reference station/25.2 mi away/400 ft/335 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank759of 1,383

measured daily2 instruments

Wallingford 0.9 SPA-DL-27

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/90 ft/25 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Franklin InstitutePFIP1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.7 mi away/131 ft/66 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Philadelphia Intl, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.4 mi from Prospect Park, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:16 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Philadelphia Intl, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PHLFIG. A THE SKY OVER PHILADELPHIA INTLSECTION, 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 SHEETSCT 1,600 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPhiladelphia Intl, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PHLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PHL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

75.0 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Philadelphia Intl: temperature 75.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.0, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PHLFIG. B THE AIR AT PHILADELPHIA INTLTHE 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 F80 F90 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,600 FTTEMPERATURE 75.0 FDEW POINT 66.0 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLEPhiladelphia Intl, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PHLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PHL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 14 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Philadelphia Intl, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 14 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PHLFIG. C THE WIND AT PHILADELPHIA INTLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPhiladelphia Intl, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PHLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PHL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

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