Burnside, Pennsylvania Weather
Burnside, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Burnside, Clearfield County.
Full aviation weather for Burnside is published on the Punxsutawney Municipal Airport (KN35) page, 21 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 Burnside 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 Burnside: Indiana County–Jimmy Stewart Airport (KIDI) 33 km · Clearfield Lawrence Airport (KFIG) 41 km · DuBois Regional Airport (KDUJ) 42 km · Albert Airport (K1N3) 49 km · John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport (KJST) 55 km
Conditions reported at KN35 describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Burnside specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Burnside.
About Burnside, Pennsylvania
Burnside’s quiet existence unfolds in a landscape defined by the strong, sinewy embrace of rolling hills and the deep, shadowed valleys they create. It lies 28.9 miles north-west of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 315°T), and is situated 9.5 miles south-east of Rossiter. The Susquehanna River, a broad ribbon of glinting water, marks the western edge of Burnside, its currents whispering secrets carried from farther upstream. Dense stands of oak and pine climb the slopes, their greens deepening to near-black as the afternoon sun begins its slow descent. The air here carries the damp, earthy scent of fallen leaves and the fainter, sharper tang of pine needles, a constant reminder of the surrounding wilderness that presses in, ever present. Small clearings reveal the weathered faces of old farmsteads, their paint faded by years of sun and wind, hinting at lives lived in close communion with this rugged terrain. The history of Burnside is etched into the very bones of its landscape, a narrative shaped by the iron ore that once pulsed beneath these hills and the timber that clothed them. For generations, the rhythm of life here was dictated by the demands of extraction and processing, the clang of hammers and the rumble of carts echoing through the valleys. Though the mines have long since fallen silent, and the great sawmills stand as skeletal reminders of a bygone era, the spirit of industriousness persists, albeit in a more subdued form. Today, a quiet resilience defines Burnside, its economy now leaning towards agriculture and the small businesses that serve the local population. The river remains a central figure, not just a geographical marker, but a source of recreation and a quiet constant in the lives of those who call Burnside home.
Live animated radar for Burnside 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Burnside, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.812842°N, 78.785586°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17866, 15721 |
| 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 Burnside, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Burnside, 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 Burnside includes coordinates 40.812842°N, 78.785586°W, situated in Clearfield County. ZIP code 17866, 15721. 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.
