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Spring Mills, Pennsylvania

Community in Centre County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Spring Mills

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, State College (PA), 16 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good16.3 mi
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, 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 Spring Mills

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Spring Mills, the next 41 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Spring Mills, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

ReedsvilleRVL

At an airfield/12.4 mi away/810 ft/326 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank787of 1,383

measured daily2 instruments

Spring Mills 1.4 SPA-CN-34

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/1,137 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MillheimMLLP1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.1 mi away/1,102 ft/34 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Citizen station FW4118, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 7.0 mi from Spring Mills, Pennsylvania. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the southwest (214 degrees) at 5 mph, gusting 14 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station FW4118, north up: blowing from 214 degrees, the southwest, at 5 miles an hour, gusting 14; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW4118FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION FW4118PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 214°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station FW4118, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW4118TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW4118-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,040 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.81 inHg and the temperature at 55.3 F; it reports 58.0 F, 2.7 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station FW4118 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,040 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.81 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.3 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW4118FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION FW4118 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 FW41184 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,040 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 HERE28.81 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.3 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED58.0 FTITLECitizen station FW4118, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW4118TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW4118-2DRAWN 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 40.91 N, and the day is 10 h 56 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 FW4118, 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 56 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW4118FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION FW4118ELEVATION 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 56 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 64 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 40.91 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station FW4118, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW4118TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW4118-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station FW4118, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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