Citizen station GW5451GW5451
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/538 ft/79 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/Pennsylvania/West Myerstown
Severe Thunderstorm Warning, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in force for West Myerstown until 5:15 PM today. 3 more alerts are in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this evening, from about 5 PM (51%).
Now. West Myerstown is 75° and rain at 4 PM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 11 mph, gusting to 30 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 46° by 7 AM, with some cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 56): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:24 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:17 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 8 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 PM in West Myerstown, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Susquehanna Valley (PA), 34 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 5 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over West Myerstown, PennsylvaniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 7 instruments nearest West Myerstown, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.7 miles away.
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Citizen station GW5451GW5451
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/538 ft/79 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Hammer Creek at Obie Rd nr Schafferstown01576381
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.8 mi away/469 ft/10 ft above here
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I-81 N/B @ Exit 89 I-78 E/B Leba PA US PADOTPA024
Beside a road/11.3 mi away/525 ft/66 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/13.9 mi away/489 ft/30 ft above here
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Mahantango CkS2028
At a soil climate station/27.4 mi away/730 ft/271 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Schaefferstown 0.4 NWPA-LB-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/664 ft/205 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LebanonLEBP1
At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/486 ft/27 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 13.9 mi from West Myerstown, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:26 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Scattered at 1,500 ft, broken at 3,300 ft, broken at 6,500 ft; the ceiling is 3,300 ft; visibility 1.25 mi.
71.6 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,500 ft.
From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.
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Snow on the ground
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.