Bowmansville, Pennsylvania Weather
Bowmansville, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Bowmansville, Lancaster County.
Full aviation weather for Bowmansville is published on the Smoketown Airport (KS37) page, 23 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 Bowmansville 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 Bowmansville: Lancaster Airport (KLNS) 25 km · Deck Airport (K9D4) 32 km · Grimes Airport (K8N1) 38 km · Donegal Springs Airpark (KN71) 49 km · Muir Army Air Field (Fort Indiantown Gap) Airport (KMUI) 54 km
Conditions reported at KS37 describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bowmansville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Bowmansville, Pennsylvania
Bowmansville rests in a gentle embrace of rolling farmland, where the very air seems to carry the scent of freshly turned earth and ripening corn. It lies 10.7 miles south-south-west of Reading, PA (from Reading, PA: bearing 206°T), and is situated 8.6 miles east of Ephrata. The landscape here is a testament to the patient hands that have shaped it, a mosaic of verdant fields punctuated by the stoic silhouettes of red barns and the occasional cluster of mature oak trees. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-mild Pennsylvania sky, casts long, painterly shadows across the land, illuminating the subtle undulations of the terrain that lead the eye towards distant, hazy horizons. The roads, more often than not, are winding ribbons of asphalt that follow the natural contours of the land, inviting a slower, more contemplative journey through this peaceful corner of Lancaster County. The history of Bowmansville is woven into the fabric of its agricultural roots, a place where the land has always dictated the pace of life. For generations, its economy has been tied to the bounty of the soil, a tradition that continues to define its character, though the hum of modern machinery now often accompanies the quiet rustle of the wind through the stalks. The presence of older, well-maintained farmhouses, their stone foundations speaking of enduring craftsmanship, hints at a past that is not so much forgotten as it is respectfully integrated into the present. While no single grand monument defines Bowmansville, its distinctive charm lies in this quiet persistence, in the enduring connection between its people and the fertile ground that sustains them, a connection that feels as palpable as the rich, dark loam underfoot.
Live animated radar for Bowmansville 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 | Bowmansville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.196761°N, 76.017442°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17517, 17507, 17555 |
| 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 Bowmansville, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bowmansville, 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 Bowmansville includes coordinates 40.196761°N, 76.017442°W, situated in Lancaster County. ZIP code 17517, 17507, 17555. 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.
