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Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania

Community in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Schaefferstown

Index 43, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Susquehanna Valley (PA), 30 miles off.

43Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)43Good17.5 mi
  • Ozone17Good14 ppb17.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 45 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 Schaefferstown

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

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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 12 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Schaefferstown, 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

LancasterLNS

At an airfield/12.2 mi away/404 ft/164 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank13of 1,383

measured daily2 instruments

Schaefferstown 0.4 NWPA-LB-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/664 ft/96 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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LebanonLEBP1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.2 mi away/486 ft/82 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Lancaster, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.2 mi from Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 800 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Lancaster, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 800 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LNSFIG. A THE SKY OVER LANCASTERSECTION, 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 800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELancaster, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LNSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LNS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

65.0 F with a dew point of 62.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Lancaster: temperature 65.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LNSFIG. B THE AIR AT LANCASTERTHE 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 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 800 FTTEMPERATURE 65.0 FDEW POINT 62.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLELancaster, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LNSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LNS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Lancaster, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LNSFIG. C THE WIND AT LANCASTERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELancaster, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LNSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LNS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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