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Swissvale, Pennsylvania

Borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Swissvale

Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Pittsburgh (PA), 4 miles off.

52Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate18.9 mi
  • Ozone20Good15 ppb18.9 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 46 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 Swissvale

None in the last 24 hours; 0.50 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.50in

Visibility

How far you can see at Swissvale, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 10 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Swissvale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Pittsburgh 5.1 ESEPA-AL-178

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/866 ft/75 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Braddock Lock And DamBDDP1

At a dam/2.5 mi away/732 ft/209 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Pittsburgh/Alleghen, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.0 mi from Swissvale, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 4,900 ft, overcast at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 10,000 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Pittsburgh/Alleghen, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 4,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, the ceiling at 10,000 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AGCFIG. A THE SKY OVER PITTSBURGH/ALLEGHENSECTION, 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 FTOVC 10,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 4,900 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 10,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLEPittsburgh/Alleghen, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AGCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AGC-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

69.0 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Pittsburgh/Alleghen: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AGCFIG. B THE AIR AT PITTSBURGH/ALLEGHENTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.7 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 4,900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 69.0 F, 68.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEPittsburgh/Alleghen, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AGCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AGC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (180 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.

Plan of the wind at Pittsburgh/Alleghen, north up: blowing from 180 degrees, the south, 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 AGCFIG. C THE WIND AT PITTSBURGH/ALLEGHENPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 180°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPittsburgh/Alleghen, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AGCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AGC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Braddock Lock And Dam (BDDP1), 2.5 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

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