Briar Creek, Pennsylvania Weather
Briar Creek, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Briar Creek, Columbia County.
Full aviation weather for Briar Creek is published on the Bloomsburg Municipal Airport (KN13) page, 14 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 Briar Creek 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 Briar Creek: Hazleton Municipal Airport (KHZL) 25 km · Danville Airport (K8N8) 32 km · Northumberland County Airport (KN79) 32 km · Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport (KZER) 38 km · Sunbury Airport (K71N) 45 km
Conditions reported at KN13 describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Briar Creek specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Briar Creek.
About Briar Creek, Pennsylvania
Briar Creek in Columbia County is a place where the land folds in gentle, wooded waves towards the Susquehanna River, its contours shaped by a topography that feels both ancient and alive. It lies 17.1 miles west-north-west of Hazleton, PA (from Hazleton, PA: bearing 291°T), and is situated 9.5 miles east-north-east of Bloomsburg. The air here carries the clean, damp scent of deciduous forests, a fragrance that intensifies after a summer rain, and the light, particularly as the sun begins its slow descent, casts long, honeyed shadows across the cultivated fields and the occasional weathered barn. The landscape is a mosaic of verdant pastures, where cattle graze with a quiet diligence, and dense stands of oak and maple, their leaves rustling with a sound that seems to whisper secrets of the seasons. Small streams, the veins of this countryside, meander through the hollows, their waters cool and clear, reflecting the sky in fleeting glimpses. The story of Briar Creek is one of hardy settlers and the enduring spirit of agriculture, a legacy etched into the very patterns of its fields and the sturdy construction of its older homes. For generations, the rich soil has sustained families, its bounty supporting a local economy rooted in the land, from dairy farms to the cultivation of corn and soybeans. While the hum of heavy industry has largely passed this way, a quiet industriousness persists in the small businesses that serve the surrounding farms and in the artisanal crafts found in local markets. The nearby Susquehanna River, a broad, powerful artery, has always been a vital presence, shaping not just the geography but also the historical flow of people and goods, a constant reminder of the vastness beyond these rolling hills.
Live animated radar for Briar Creek 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 | Briar Creek, Columbia County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 41.045918°N, 76.282159°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 18603, 18631 |
| 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 Briar Creek, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Briar Creek, 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 Briar Creek includes coordinates 41.045918°N, 76.282159°W, situated in Columbia County. ZIP code 18603, 18631. Telephone area code: 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878. Timezone: Eastern Time.
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.
