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Whitfield, Pennsylvania

Community in Berks County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Whitfield

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Lehigh Valley (PA), 29 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good3.4 mi
  • Ozone21Good23 ppb3.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 50, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Whitfield

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 Whitfield, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 6 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Whitfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Reading 4.2 WPA-BR-24

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/414 ft/80 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Reading/Spaatz Fld, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.5 mi from Whitfield, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:22 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,900 ft; the ceiling is 2,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Reading/Spaatz Fld, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, the ceiling at 2,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDGFIG. A THE SKY OVER READING/SPAATZ FLDSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEReading/Spaatz Fld, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RDGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RDG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 53.0 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Reading/Spaatz Fld: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.0, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDGFIG. B THE AIR AT READING/SPAATZ FLDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 51.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,900 FTTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 53.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 POINTTITLEReading/Spaatz Fld, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RDGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RDG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (170 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Reading/Spaatz Fld, north up: blowing from 170 degrees, the south, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDGFIG. C THE WIND AT READING/SPAATZ FLDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 170°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEReading/Spaatz Fld, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RDGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RDG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Reading/Spaatz Fld, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Blue Marsh Lake (PLVP1), 3.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

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Near Whitfield

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Near Whitfield

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