Broad Top City, Pennsylvania Weather
Broad Top City, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Broad Top City, Huntingdon County.
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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.
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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 | July 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, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
