Storm Station
Hereford, Pennsylvania
60°
Rain· Feels like 60°·Moderate breeze 16 mph N
Rain showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. North wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
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32Air quality
72%Humidity
92%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Hereford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

AllentownXLL

At an airfield/8.9 mi away/400 ft/44 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank9of 543

Perkiomen Creek AT GraterfordGRAP1

At a river or reservoir gauge/16.1 mi away/161 ft/283 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank266of 543

measured daily2 instruments

Zionsville 0.6 WSWPA-LH-40

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/750 ft/306 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

PalmPLMP1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.6 mi away/289 ft/155 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Allentown, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.9 mi from Hereford. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,500 ft; the ceiling is 3,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Allentown, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, the ceiling at 3,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT XLLFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALLENTOWNSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAllentown, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS XLLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-XLL-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 53.6 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Allentown: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.6, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT XLLFIG. B THE AIR AT ALLENTOWNTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 52.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,500 FTTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 53.6 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLEAllentown, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS XLLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-XLL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Allentown, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 16; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT XLLFIG. C THE WIND AT ALLENTOWNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAllentown, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS XLLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-XLL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Hereford

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.