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Wampum, Pennsylvania

Borough in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Wampum

Index 45, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Mercer County (PA), 27 miles off.

45Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)45Good9.9 mi
  • Ozone14Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 42 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 Wampum

None in the last 24 hours; 0.35 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.35in

Visibility

How far you can see at Wampum, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 1 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Wampum, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Ellwood City 0.6 NNWPA-LW-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/944 ft/169 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Beaver River AT Beaver FallsBEAP1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.0 mi away/853 ft/78 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Beaver Falls Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.6 mi from Wampum, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 700 ft; the ceiling is 700 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Beaver Falls Arpt, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 700 feet, the ceiling at 700 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BVIFIG. A THE SKY OVER BEAVER FALLS ARPTSECTION, 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 STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEBeaver Falls Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BVITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BVI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

71.0 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 700 ft.

Chart of the air at Beaver Falls Arpt: temperature 71.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BVIFIG. B THE AIR AT BEAVER FALLS ARPTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 700 FTTEMPERATURE 71.0 FDEW POINT 68.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEBeaver Falls Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BVITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BVI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 17 mph.

Plan of the wind at Beaver Falls Arpt, north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west southwest, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BVIFIG. C THE WIND AT BEAVER FALLS ARPTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBeaver Falls Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BVITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BVI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

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