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St. Benedict, Pennsylvania

Community in Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at St. Benedict

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Altoona (PA), 19 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good11.5 mi
  • Ozone15Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at St. Benedict

None in the last 24 hours; 0.15 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
0.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at St. Benedict, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over St. Benedict, PennsylvaniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest St. Benedict, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Carrolltown 1.4 WSWPA-CM-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/1,808 ft/71 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Glendale LakePGLP1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.3 mi away/1,467 ft/412 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at SR22 & Cresson, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 14.3 mi from St. Benedict, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:25 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 1/4 mi.

Section of the sky over SR22 & Cresson, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 1/4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PA050FIG. A THE SKY OVER SR22 & CRESSONSECTION, 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 STATIONNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 1/4 MI0510TITLESR22 & Cresson, the skySTATION REPORT · RWIS PA050TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PA050-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001

The air

54.7 F with a dew point of 54.7 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at SR22 & Cresson: temperature 54.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 54.7, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PA050FIG. B THE AIR AT SR22 & CRESSONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 54.7 F, 54.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLESR22 & Cresson, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS PA050TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PA050-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (147 degrees) at 5 mph, gusting 12 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 14 mph.

Plan of the wind at SR22 & Cresson, north up: blowing from 147 degrees, the south southeast, at 5 miles an hour, gusting 12; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PA050FIG. C THE WIND AT SR22 & CRESSONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 147°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESR22 & Cresson, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS PA050TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PA050-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The full report of SR22 & Cresson, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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Near St. Benedict

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