Altoona, Pennsylvania Weather
Altoona, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Altoona, Blair County.
Full aviation weather for Altoona is published on the Altoona Blair County Airport (KAOO) page, 26 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Altoona have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Altoona: John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport (KJST) 44 km · Mid-State Regional Airport (KPSB) 48 km · Bedford County Airport (KHMZ) 49 km · Albert Airport (K1N3) 52 km · State College Regional Airport (KUNV) 59 km
Conditions reported at KAOO describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Altoona specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Altoona, Pennsylvania
Altoona sprawls across the ridges and hollows of Blair County, a place where the Alleghenies rise and fall with a quiet, insistent grandeur. It lies 33.9 miles south-west of State College, PA (from State College, PA: bearing 236°T), and is situated 6.3 miles north of Hollidaysburg. The landscape here is a study in greens and grays, of steep slopes cloaked in deciduous forest that blaze with fiery hues in autumn, and of weathered stone buildings that seem to have grown organically from the earth. Sunlight, when it breaks through the frequent cloud cover, often falls in broad, diffused shafts, illuminating the mist that clings to the valleys in the early morning or the sharp, clean air after a rain. The character of Altoona is one of resilience, a town built on hard work and a certain stoic charm, its streets winding and climbing with the contours of the land, leading the eye ever upward towards the distant, hazy blue of the surrounding mountains. The very bones of Altoona were laid by the railroad, a roaring, iron artery that brought industry and a cosmopolitan pulse to this mountainous terrain. The Pennsylvania Railroad’s massive shops, long since silent, remain as ghostly monuments to a bygone era of steam and steel, their hulking structures a testament to the town’s industrial heritage and the generations of workers who powered its economy. Beyond the echoes of industry, Altoona thrives on a more modest, yet persistent, rhythm; local businesses line the main thoroughfares, their storefronts reflecting the changing light, and the scent of woodsmoke often drifts on the evening air, a reminder of the deeply rooted traditions that persist. The nearby hills, cloaked in state forest land, offer a quiet counterpoint to the town's industrial past, a place where the ancient trees stand sentinel and the only sounds are the rustling of leaves and the calls of unseen birds.
Live animated radar for Altoona and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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| Location | Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.518681°N, 78.394736°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 16601, 16602, 16603 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Altoona, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Altoona, Pennsylvania, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Altoona includes coordinates 40.518681°N, 78.394736°W, situated in Blair County. ZIP code 16601, 16602, 16603. Telephone area code: 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
