Broad Top City, Pennsylvania Weather
Broad Top City, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Broad Top City, Huntingdon County.
Full aviation weather for Broad Top City is published on the Altoona Blair County Airport (KAOO) page, 18 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. 4 airfields within reach of Broad Top City 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 Broad Top City: Bedford County Airport (KHMZ) 34 km · Franklin County Regional Airport (KN68) 49 km · Potomac Airpark (KW35) 57 km
Conditions reported at KAOO describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Broad Top City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Broad Top City.
About Broad Top City, Pennsylvania
Broad Top City rests in a fold of Pennsylvania's Appalachian foothills, a landscape of steep, wooded slopes that spill into narrow valleys. It lies 25.6 miles south-south-east of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 148°T), and is situated 5.5 miles east of Saxton. The air here, especially in the cool, shadowed mornings, carries the scent of damp earth and pine needles, a clean, sharp perfume that clings to the evergreen stands. The terrain is a testament to the relentless shaping of water and time, with streams that carve their way through the bedrock, feeding into broader rivers that snake through the wider country beyond. The houses of Broad Top City are clustered along these lower elevations, their modest facades facing the worn asphalt of the main thoroughfares, and behind them, the hills rise, a constant, verdant presence. This area's story is deeply entwined with the extraction of coal, a history that has left its mark on the very character of Broad Top City. The veins of anthracite that once fueled industries far and wide are now largely depleted, and the echoes of that boom time can be felt in the quiet streets and the enduring resilience of its people. The local economy, once dominated by the mines and their associated industries, has diversified, with residents often commuting to work in surrounding communities. Yet, a palpable sense of place remains, a quiet pride in enduring the cycles of prosperity and hardship, and a connection to the enduring natural beauty of the surrounding mountains that have witnessed it all.
Live animated radar for Broad Top City 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 | Broad Top City, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.202302°N, 78.140841°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 16621 |
| 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 Broad Top City, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Broad Top City, 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 Broad Top City includes coordinates 40.202302°N, 78.140841°W, situated in Huntingdon County. ZIP code 16621. 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.
