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Waterford, Pennsylvania

Borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Waterford

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Erie (PA), 14 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good13.6 mi
  • Ozone19Good20 ppb13.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 13, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Waterford

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Waterford, the next 44 hours

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Waterford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Waterford 6.6 NNWPA-ER-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.6 mi away/1,333 ft/114 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Filtration PlantUCYP1

At a water treatment plant/9.1 mi away/1,371 ft/152 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Erie INTL Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.7 mi from Waterford, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:59 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 1,400 ft, broken at 4,800 ft, overcast at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 4,800 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Erie INTL Airport, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, broken cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, the ceiling at 4,800 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ERIFIG. A THE SKY OVER ERIE INTL AIRPORTSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 6,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 4,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 1,400 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEErie INTL Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ERITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ERI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

66.0 F with a dew point of 63.0 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 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Erie INTL Airport: temperature 66.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 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 1,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ERIFIG. B THE AIR AT ERIE INTL AIRPORTTHE 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE 66.0 FDEW POINT 63.0 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 POINTTITLEErie INTL Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ERITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ERI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (170 degrees) at 15 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Erie INTL Airport, north up: blowing from 170 degrees, the south, at 15 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ERIFIG. C THE WIND AT ERIE INTL AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 170°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEErie INTL Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ERITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ERI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Erie INTL Airport, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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