Champion, Pennsylvania Weather
Champion, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Champion, Fayette County.
Full aviation weather for Champion is published on the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (KLBE) page, 23 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 Champion 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 Champion: Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville Airport (KVVS) 28 km · Somerset County Airport (K2G9) 30 km · Rostraver Airport (KFWQ) 43 km · Inter County Airport (K31D) 46 km · John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport (KJST) 52 km
Conditions reported at KLBE describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Champion specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Champion.
About Champion, Pennsylvania
Champion breathes a quiet resilience, its broad shoulders hunched against the rolling hills that cradle it. It lies 26.4 miles south-east of North Huntingdon, PA (from North Huntingdon, PA: bearing 132°T), and is situated 6.4 miles east-south-east of Bear Rocks. The land here is a study in muted greens and earthy browns, a landscape shaped by the patient hand of water and time. Creeks, no more than silver threads in the morning sun, wind their way through fields that have seen generations of plow and harvest. The air, especially after a rain, carries the clean, sharp scent of damp soil and pine, a primal perfume that clings to the skin. Even on a clear day, a certain softness pervades the light, as if the sky itself has been filtered through a fine, ancient gauze, lending a gentle haze to the distant treelines. This is a place where the echoes of industry still resonate, though the great machines are long silent. Champion's past is etched into the very bones of the earth, a legacy of coal and iron that once fueled a nation's hunger. The local economy, once driven by the deep veins beneath the surface, has shifted, finding new life in the fertile soil and the quiet persistence of its people. Small farms, their barns weathered and their fences sturdy, dot the countryside, a testament to a different kind of labor, one measured by seasons and the sun's arc. It's a rhythm that has settled over Champion, a steady, unhurried pulse that beats in time with the rustling leaves and the distant murmur of the Youghiogheny River, a constant companion to the land.
Live animated radar for Champion 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 | Champion, Fayette County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.075074°N, 79.35809°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 15057, 15622 |
| 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 Champion, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Champion, 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 Champion includes coordinates 40.075074°N, 79.358090°W, situated in Fayette County. ZIP code 15057, 15622. 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.
