Amberson, Pennsylvania Weather
Amberson, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Amberson, Franklin County.
Full aviation weather for Amberson is published on the Franklin County Regional Airport (KN68) page, 22 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 Amberson 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 Amberson: Carlisle Airport (KN94) 43 km · Gettysburg Regional Airport (KW05) 50 km · Hagerstown Regional Richard A Henson Field (KHGR) 52 km · Altoona Blair County Airport (KAOO) 56 km · Mifflin County Airport (KRVL) 56 km
Conditions reported at KN68 describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Amberson specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Amberson.
About Amberson, Pennsylvania
Amberson rests in a broad valley, a place where the land swells and recedes like a sleeping giant. It lies 36.6 miles north of Hagerstown, MD (from Hagerstown, MD: bearing 4°T), and is situated 5.8 miles north-north-west of Lurgan. The fields here are generous, spread out under a sky that often feels immense, a canvas for the slow drift of clouds. Rolling hills, cloaked in the deep greens of summer or the muted golds of autumn, cradle the scattered farmsteads and the quiet lanes that connect them. The air, especially in the early morning, carries the clean scent of turned earth and the faintest whisper of pine from the forested ridges that punctuate the horizon. This is a landscape that breathes with the seasons, where the sunlight, when it breaks through, casts long, dramatic shadows that stretch and shrink with the day's progress. The history of Amberson is tied to the fertile soil and the steady flow of the Conococheague Creek, a waterway that has shaped the land and the lives of its inhabitants for generations. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of agricultural bounty, established a community that has largely retained its rural character. The local economy has always been anchored in farming, with fields of corn and soybeans stretching as far as the eye can see, punctuated by the stoic silhouettes of barns. While larger industries have bypassed this quiet corner, a sense of self-reliance and neighborly cooperation persists, a quiet strength woven into the everyday fabric of Amberson. The land itself, with its gentle slopes and the rich loam, continues to be the primary source of sustenance and identity for this enduring place.
Live animated radar for Amberson 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Amberson, Franklin County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.170364°N, 77.677213°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17262, 17210 |
| 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 Amberson, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Amberson, 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 Amberson includes coordinates 40.170364°N, 77.677213°W, situated in Franklin County. ZIP code 17262, 17210. 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.
