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Tower City, Pennsylvania

Borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Tower City

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Susquehanna Valley (PA), 45 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate23 mi
  • Ozone22Good23 ppb23 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Tower City

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.07 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.07in

Visibility

How far you can see at Tower City, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Tower City, 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

measured daily2 instruments

NataliePOPP1

At a cooperative observer's station/17.2 mi away/915 ft/167 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Muir AAF/Indiantown, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.6 mi from Tower City, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 600 ft, broken at 700 ft, overcast at 1,200 ft; the ceiling is 700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Muir AAF/Indiantown, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 600 feet, broken cloud with its base at 700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, the ceiling at 700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MUIFIG. A THE SKY OVER MUIR AAF/INDIANTOWNSECTION, 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 STATIONOVC 1,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 600 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMuir AAF/Indiantown, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MUITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MUI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 64.2 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 600 ft.

Chart of the air at Muir AAF/Indiantown: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.2, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MUIFIG. B THE AIR AT MUIR AAF/INDIANTOWNTHE 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 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 600 FTTEMPERATURE 68.0 FDEW POINT 64.2 FSPREAD 3.8 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 POINTTITLEMuir AAF/Indiantown, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MUITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MUI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Muir AAF/Indiantown, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MUIFIG. C THE WIND AT MUIR AAF/INDIANTOWNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMuir AAF/Indiantown, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MUITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MUI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Muir AAF/Indiantown, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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