Christiana, Pennsylvania Weather
Christiana, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Christiana, Lancaster County.
Full aviation weather for Christiana is published on the Chester County G O Carlson Airport (KMQS) page, 12 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 Christiana 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 Christiana: New Garden Airport (KN57) 24 km · Brandywine Regional Airport (KOQN) 36 km · Cecil County Airport (K58M) 44 km · Wilmington Airport (KILG) 45 km · Summit Airport (KEVY) 54 km
Conditions reported at KMQS describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Christiana specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Christiana, Pennsylvania
Christiana rests in a rolling countryside, where the land begins to soften its slopes before the broader Susquehanna River valley. It lies 17.3 miles east-south-east of Lancaster, PA (from Lancaster, PA: bearing 109°T), and is situated 9.4 miles west-south-west of Coatesville. Fields of corn and soybeans, a rich, fertile patchwork, spread across the gentle terrain, their greens and golds shifting with the late afternoon sun. The air here carries the clean scent of turned earth and distant hay, a quiet promise of abundance. The houses, mostly modest and well-kept, line the main roads, their porches often catching the soft, diffused light of the eastern sky. A few older, grander farmhouses stand sentinel on higher ground, their weathered clapboard hinting at generations of stewardship. This corner of Lancaster County, where Christiana resides, has long been shaped by the plow and the quiet diligence of its people. Historically, it was a crossroads, a place where goods and travelers passed through, and the echoes of that movement still whisper in the sturdy brick of older buildings. The local economy, deeply rooted in agriculture, continues to thrive, with the bounty of the surrounding farms feeding nearby markets and the industrious spirit that built Christiana persisting in its present-day businesses. The Pennsylvania Railroad once ran through here, a vital artery that brought prosperity and connection, and though the tracks may no longer carry the same weight of commerce, their ghost remains, a faint imprint on the land.
Live animated radar for Christiana 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 | Christiana, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 39.954826°N, 75.996895°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17509 |
| 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 Christiana, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Christiana, 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 Christiana includes coordinates 39.954826°N, 75.996895°W, situated in Lancaster County. ZIP code 17509. 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.
