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West Fairview, Pennsylvania

Community in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at West Fairview

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Susquehanna Valley (PA), 28 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate12.6 mi
  • Ozone22Good20 ppb4.5 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 West Fairview

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at West Fairview, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest West Fairview, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Enola 0.9 WNWPA-CD-26

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/439 ft/107 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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HarrisburgHRBP1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.6 mi away/423 ft/91 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Harrisburg/Capital, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.4 mi from West Fairview, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 1,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Harrisburg/Capital, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CXYFIG. A THE SKY OVER HARRISBURG/CAPITALSECTION, 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 SHEETFEW 1,600 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHarrisburg/Capital, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CXYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CXY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

75.0 F with a dew point of 67.0 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Harrisburg/Capital: temperature 75.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 67.0, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CXYFIG. B THE AIR AT HARRISBURG/CAPITALTHE 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 F90 FSATURATES 1,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 1,600 FTTEMPERATURE 75.0 FDEW POINT 67.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLEHarrisburg/Capital, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CXYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CXY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Harrisburg/Capital, north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west southwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CXYFIG. C THE WIND AT HARRISBURG/CAPITALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHarrisburg/Capital, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CXYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CXY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Harrisburg/Capital, 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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