Bear Creek Village, Pennsylvania Weather
Bear Creek Village, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bear Creek Village, Luzerne County.
Full aviation weather for Bear Creek Village is published on the Wilkes Barre Wyoming Valley Airport (KWBW) page, 15 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 Bear Creek Village 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 Bear Creek Village: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (KAVP) 18 km · Hazleton Municipal Airport (KHZL) 29 km · Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport (KMPO) 32 km · Rocky Hill Ultralightport (K48P) 40 km · Jake Arner Memorial Airport (K22N) 41 km
Conditions reported at KWBW describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bear Creek Village specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bear Creek Village.
About Bear Creek Village, Pennsylvania
Bear Creek Village lies cradled by the rolling, wooded hills of the Wyoming Valley's eastern rim. It lies 8.0 miles south-east of Wilkes Barre, PA (from Wilkes Barre, PA: bearing 126°T), and is situated 8.0 miles south-east of Wilkes-Barre. The air here, especially in the hushed hours before dawn, carries the damp, earthy scent of the dense deciduous forests that climb the slopes, their shadowy depths broken by the glint of sunlight on unseen streams. Autumn paints the landscape in a fiery palette, the leaves of oak and maple a vivid testament to the changing seasons, while in summer, a verdant, unbroken canopy whispers secrets carried on the breeze. The terrain is a study in contrasts, with sudden, steep inclines giving way to gentler, more forgiving valleys, where the namesake creek carves its persistent, winding path, its waters cool and clear, reflecting the sky above. Historically, Bear Creek Village has been a place shaped by the land and the labor it demands. Its roots are entwined with the region's past as a hub for lumbering and, later, coal mining, industries that once pulsed with the lifeblood of the area. Though those days of heavy industry have largely receded, a quiet resilience remains, a character forged in the fires of hard work and community. Today, the local economy finds its footing in a blend of small businesses and residents who commute to larger centers, their lives connected by the shared experience of this particular corner of Luzerne County. The rhythm of life in Bear Creek Village is one of understated continuity, where the old stone foundations of forgotten structures still peek from beneath mossy overgrowth, whispering tales of generations past to anyone who pauses to listen.
Live animated radar for Bear Creek Village 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 | Bear Creek Village, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 41.178694°N, 75.756304°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 18602 |
| 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 Bear Creek Village, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bear Creek Village, 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 Bear Creek Village includes coordinates 41.178694°N, 75.756304°W, situated in Luzerne County. ZIP code 18602. 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.
