Clappertown, Pennsylvania Weather
Clappertown, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Clappertown, Blair County.
Full aviation weather for Clappertown is published on the Altoona Blair County Airport (KAOO) 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. 4 airfields within reach of Clappertown 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 Clappertown: Bedford County Airport (KHMZ) 41 km · John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport (KJST) 48 km · Mid-State Regional Airport (KPSB) 56 km
Conditions reported at KAOO describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Clappertown specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Clappertown.
About Clappertown, Pennsylvania
Clappertown hunkers low in a fold of the Allegheny Mountains, where the land rises in rugged, wooded shoulders. It lies 10.2 miles south-east of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 142°T), and is situated 6.2 miles east-south-east of Hollidaysburg. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and pine needles, a perpetual breath drawn from the dense forests that climb the slopes. Fields, etched with the straight lines of past cultivation, lie like patchwork quilts against the darker, wilder green of the hillsides. The few roads that wind through Clappertown seem to follow the natural contours of the terrain, curving around outcroppings of rock and dipping into hollows where shadows gather even at midday. The sky, when it breaks free of the peaks, can be a vast, indifferent blue, or a bruised expanse of storm-grey, mirroring the changeable temperament of the mountain weather. The economy of Clappertown has long been tied to the earth and the bounty it has yielded, first through timber and then through the coal seams that lie hidden beneath the surface. While the deep mines are largely silent now, echoes of that industrial past linger in the weathered barns and the sturdy, practical architecture of the homes. The gentle hum of pickup trucks and the occasional bark of a dog are the dominant sounds of daily life, a quiet counterpoint to the rustle of leaves and the unseen movement of wildlife in the surrounding woods. A small general store serves as a gathering point, its shelves stocked with necessities and its bulletin board a repository of local news and notices, a quiet testament to the enduring spirit of this mountain enclave.
Live animated radar for Clappertown 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 | Clappertown, Blair County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.40313°N, 78.27529°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 16693 |
| 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 Clappertown, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clappertown, 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 Clappertown includes coordinates 40.403130°N, 78.275290°W, situated in Blair County. ZIP code 16693. 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.
