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Shanksville, Pennsylvania

Borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Shanksville

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Johnstown (PA), 21 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good20 mi
  • Ozone4Good0 ppb20 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide4Good4.3 ppb22.4 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb22.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Shanksville

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.17 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.17in

Visibility

How far you can see at Shanksville, the next 43 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Shanksville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Somerset2G9

At an airfield/6.0 mi away/2,231 ft/3 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank8of 1,383

Quarry TrailQTRP1

At a river or reservoir gauge/18.2 mi away/2,749 ft/515 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank339of 1,383

measured daily2 instruments

Stoystown 1.8 EPA-SM-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.8 mi away/2,024 ft/210 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

SomersetSMRP1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.5 mi away/2,110 ft/124 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank97of 1,383

Station report

The weather at Somerset, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.0 mi from Shanksville, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Somerset, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2G9FIG. A THE SKY OVER SOMERSETSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 4,800 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESomerset, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 2G9TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2G9-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Somerset: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2G9FIG. B THE AIR AT SOMERSETTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,800 FTTEMPERATURE 64.4 FDEW POINT 60.8 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLESomerset, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2G9TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2G9-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Somerset, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2G9FIG. C THE WIND AT SOMERSETPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESomerset, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2G9TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2G9-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Somerset (SMRP1), 9.5 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 Shanksville

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

Near Shanksville

River and lake gauges