Storm Station
West Hazleton, Pennsylvania
53°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 53°·Gentle breeze 8 mph N
Rain showers. Cloudy, with a high near 59. North wind 8 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
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What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest West Hazleton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

HazeltonHZL

At an airfield/1.8 mi away/1,604 ft/82 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank11of 544

Bears HeadBHDP1

At a river or reservoir gauge/8.8 mi away/2,057 ft/371 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank56of 544

measured daily2 instruments

Hazleton 1.6 NWPA-LZ-27

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/1,588 ft/98 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Mahanoy CityMAYP1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.4 mi away/1,591 ft/95 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Hazelton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.8 mi from West Hazleton. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 7:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,800 ft, scattered at 2,800 ft, overcast at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hazelton, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HZLFIG. A THE SKY OVER HAZELTONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,800 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,800 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHazelton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HZLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HZL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 48.2 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 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Hazelton: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.2, 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 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HZLFIG. B THE AIR AT HAZELTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 48.2 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 POINTTITLEHazelton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HZLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HZL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hazelton, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HZLFIG. C THE WIND AT HAZELTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHazelton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HZLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HZL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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