Carrolltown, Pennsylvania Weather
Carrolltown, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Carrolltown, Cambria County.
Full aviation weather for Carrolltown is published on the Indiana County–Jimmy Stewart Airport (KIDI) page, 33 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 Carrolltown 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 Carrolltown: John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport (KJST) 34 km · Punxsutawney Municipal Airport (KN35) 44 km · Altoona Blair County Airport (KAOO) 47 km · Clearfield Lawrence Airport (KFIG) 55 km · Albert Airport (K1N3) 57 km
Conditions reported at KIDI describe the airfield itself. Weather 33 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Carrolltown specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Carrolltown.
About Carrolltown, Pennsylvania
Carrolltown rests in a rolling landscape of Appalachian foothills, where the land rises and dips with a gentle, persistent will. It lies 17.5 miles west-north-west of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 290°T), and is situated 5.5 miles south-east of Northern Cambria. The air here, especially as afternoon wanes, carries the scent of damp earth and the distant, sweet promise of cut hay, a fragrance that seems to cling to the weathered clapboard of houses and the sturdy brick of the older businesses. Patches of forest, a deep, verdant green even in late summer, punctuate the cultivated fields, their edges softened by the hazy light that filters through the prevailing cloud cover, a common touch in this part of Pennsylvania. The terrain itself, a mosaic of cleared land and shadowed woodland, suggests a history of both cultivation and wildness, a place where human endeavor has worked in concert with, rather than against, the natural contours of the earth. The story of Carrolltown is deeply entwined with the enduring spirit of its German Catholic founders, who established the community in the mid-19th century, seeking a haven for their faith and a fertile ground for their aspirations. This heritage is still palpable in the enduring presence of St. Benedict’s Catholic Church, its spire a landmark against the often-muted sky, and in the quiet resilience of the local economy, which has historically relied on agriculture and, in earlier eras, the extraction of the region's coal. Though the boom-and-bust cycles of mining have long since receded, a sense of industriousness remains, evident in the small-scale businesses that line Main Street, and in the careful stewardship of the surrounding farms, whose fields still yield their bounty. The town’s character, a blend of steadfast tradition and quiet progress, reflects the enduring connection to the land and the generations who have called Carrolltown home.
Live animated radar for Carrolltown 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 | Carrolltown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.602846°N, 78.708635°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 15722 |
| 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 Carrolltown, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Carrolltown, 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 Carrolltown includes coordinates 40.602846°N, 78.708635°W, situated in Cambria County. ZIP code 15722. 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.
