Blue Ball, Pennsylvania Weather
Blue Ball, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Blue Ball, Lancaster County.
Full aviation weather for Blue Ball is published on the Smoketown Airport (KS37) page, 16 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 Blue Ball 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 Blue Ball: Lancaster Airport (KLNS) 21 km · Deck Airport (K9D4) 35 km · Grimes Airport (K8N1) 45 km · Donegal Springs Airpark (KN71) 45 km · Muir Army Air Field (Fort Indiantown Gap) Airport (KMUI) 56 km
Conditions reported at KS37 describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Blue Ball specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Blue Ball.
About Blue Ball, Pennsylvania
Blue Ball rests in a landscape shaped by the slow, persistent sculpting of water and time. It lies 14.8 miles east-north-east of Lancaster, PA (from Lancaster, PA: bearing 68°T), and is situated 8.1 miles east-south-east of Ephrata. Rolling hills, cloaked in the deep greens of summer and the burnished golds of autumn, gently cradle the land, their contours softened by a generous rainfall that nourishes the fertile soil. Here, the air often carries the scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a comforting perfume that clings to the midday quiet. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards the horizon, their ordered rows a testament to human cultivation against the wilder, wooded slopes that rise in the distance. The light, particularly as dusk begins to settle, has a way of softening the edges of everything, casting long, painterly shadows that lend a dreamlike quality to the familiar scene. The history of Blue Ball is as layered as the sedimentary rock beneath its feet, a story woven from the industrious spirit of its early settlers and the land's enduring agricultural bounty. For generations, farming has been the lifeblood of this place, with families tending the same plots, passing down knowledge of the seasons and the soil. This agrarian heritage is still palpable, evident in the sturdy barns that dot the landscape and the quiet hum of tractors on a summer evening. Beyond the fields, the local economy has diversified, with small businesses and workshops contributing to the steady pulse of daily life. Blue Ball has also seen its share of notable figures pass through, leaving their imprint on the region's narrative, though the true character of Blue Ball is found less in singular achievements and more in the collective, enduring spirit of its people and their connection to the land.
Live animated radar for Blue Ball 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 | Blue Ball, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.118708°N, 76.047169°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17519, 17506, 16878, 17557 |
| 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 Blue Ball, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Blue Ball, 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 Blue Ball includes coordinates 40.118708°N, 76.047169°W, situated in Lancaster County. ZIP code 17519, 17506, 16878, 17557. 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.
