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Rural Valley, Pennsylvania

Borough in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Rural Valley

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Indiana County (PA), 14 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good12.9 mi
  • Ozone15Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 41 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 Rural Valley

0.08 in in the last 24 hours, 0.25 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.08in
Last 3 days
0.25in

Visibility

How far you can see at Rural Valley, the next 41 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 1 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Rural Valley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Dayton 0.2 SWPA-AR-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.7 mi away/1,339 ft/211 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station GW0609, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 12.5 mi from Rural Valley, Pennsylvania. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the northeast (42 degrees) at 2 mph, gusting 5 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station GW0609, north up: blowing from 42 degrees, the northeast, at 2 miles an hour, gusting 5; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW0609FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION GW0609PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 42°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station GW0609, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW0609TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW0609-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,493 ft above sea level, 5 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.34 inHg and the temperature at 53.7 F; the station's altimeter setting of 29.91 inHg means its barometer reads 28.33 inHg; it reports 61.0 F, 7.3 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station GW0609 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,493 feet above sea level with 5 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.34 inches of mercury, and temperature, 53.7 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 29.91 and the station pressure it means, 28.33.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW0609FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION GW0609 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 GW06095 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,493 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 HERE28.34 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE53.7 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED29.91 inHgITS BAROMETER READS28.33 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED61.0 FTITLECitizen station GW0609, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW0609TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW0609-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 40 degrees above the horizon at 40.81 N, and the day is 10 h 57 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 GW0609, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 40 degrees above the horizon, against 73 at the June solstice, 49 at the equinoxes and 26 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 57 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW0609FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION GW0609ELEVATION 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 49°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 26°OCT 16, 40°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 57 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 64 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 40.81 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station GW0609, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW0609TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW0609-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station GW0609, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Mahoning Lake (PNYP1), 8.9 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 Rural Valley

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

Near Rural Valley

River and lake gauges