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Saltsburg, Pennsylvania

Borough in Indiana County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Saltsburg

Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Pittsburgh (PA), 20 miles off.

52Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate12.4 mi
  • Ozone20Good21 ppb12.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Saltsburg

0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.83 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.83in

Visibility

How far you can see at Saltsburg, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 10 PM.

FriSat

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Saltsburg, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Loyalhanna Lake State ParkSLTP1

In a park or preserve/1.8 mi away/902 ft/56 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Avonmore 0.2 ENEPA-WT-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/909 ft/49 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Latrobe/Westmorland, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.6 mi from Saltsburg, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 6,000 ft, broken at 8,500 ft; the ceiling is 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Latrobe/Westmorland, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 8,500 feet, the ceiling at 6,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LBEFIG. A THE SKY OVER LATROBE/WESTMORLANDSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 8,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 6,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELatrobe/Westmorland, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LBETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LBE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

73.4 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Latrobe/Westmorland: temperature 73.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LBEFIG. B THE AIR AT LATROBE/WESTMORLANDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 66.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE 73.4 FDEW POINT 68.0 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLELatrobe/Westmorland, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LBETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LBE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (190 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Latrobe/Westmorland, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LBEFIG. C THE WIND AT LATROBE/WESTMORLANDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELatrobe/Westmorland, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LBETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LBE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Loyalhanna Lake State Park (SLTP1), 1.8 miles from here, read 11 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

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

Near Saltsburg

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

Near Saltsburg