Aristes, Pennsylvania Weather
Aristes, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Aristes, Columbia County.
Full aviation weather for Aristes is published on the Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport (KZER) page, 13 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 Aristes 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 Aristes: Northumberland County Airport (KN79) 18 km · Bloomsburg Municipal Airport (KN13) 22 km · Danville Airport (K8N8) 30 km · Grimes Airport (K8N1) 38 km · Sunbury Airport (K71N) 38 km
Conditions reported at KZER describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Aristes specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Aristes.
About Aristes, Pennsylvania
Aristes rests in a hollow, cradled by the steep, forested slopes of Columbia County, where the air often carries the scent of damp earth and pine. It lies 21.3 miles west-south-west of Hazleton, PA (from Hazleton, PA: bearing 243°T), and is situated 4.1 miles east-north-east of Mount Carmel. The land here is a testament to the persistent work of water, with small creeks and rivulets carving their way through the terrain, their murmurs a constant, low song beneath the rustle of leaves. The houses, mostly modest and weathered, seem to hunker down against the weather, their porches offering a quiet invitation to observe the slow unfolding of days. Even in the midday sun, a certain shade seems to cling to the hollow, a softness that softens the edges of the world, and the shadows stretch long and cool across the worn asphalt of the few streets. The story of Aristes is etched into the very bones of the land, a tale woven with the threads of coal mining that once fueled its existence. Though the deep veins have long since been depleted, the legacy remains in the quiet resilience of its people and the faint, mineral tang that sometimes surfaces in the soil after a rain. The local economy, once dominated by the clatter of pickaxes and the rumble of coal cars, has shifted, finding new footing in the surrounding agriculture and the small businesses that serve the immediate needs of the residents. The character of Aristes is one of quiet endurance, a place where history isn't a grand monument but a subtle whisper in the wind that sweeps down from the wooded hills, a reminder of the lives lived and labor expended that shaped this particular corner of Pennsylvania.
Live animated radar for Aristes 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 | Aristes, Columbia County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.818421°N, 76.338281°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17920 |
| 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 Aristes, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Aristes, 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 Aristes includes coordinates 40.818421°N, 76.338281°W, situated in Columbia County. ZIP code 17920. 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.
