Cranberry, Pennsylvania Weather
Cranberry, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cranberry, Luzerne County.
Full aviation weather for Cranberry is published on the Hazleton Municipal Airport (KHZL) page, 4 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. 3 airfields within reach of Cranberry 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 Cranberry: Jake Arner Memorial Airport (K22N) 26 km · Lehigh Valley International Airport (KABE) 58 km
Conditions reported at KHZL describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cranberry specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cranberry.
About Cranberry, Pennsylvania
Cranberry rests in a verdant hollow, where the land gently inclines toward the slow, muscular flow of the Susquehanna River. It lies 1.2 miles west-south-west of Hazleton, PA (from Hazleton, PA: bearing 256°T), and is situated 0.3 miles south-south-west of West Hazleton. Hills, softened by generations of forest growth and the occasional cleared pasture, rise on either side, their crests often veiled in the fine mist that clings to the mornings. The air here carries the damp, earthy scent of rich soil and the faint, sweet perfume of wild honeysuckle that laces its way through the roadside brambles. Stone foundations of forgotten farmhouses, moss-covered and half-swallowed by the earth, hint at lives lived in quiet communion with this terrain, their silent presence a counterpoint to the rustle of leaves and the distant call of unseen birds. The history of Cranberry is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring patterns of its landscape and the quiet resilience of its people. Once, this region hummed with the industry of coal, the dark veins of the earth yielding their bounty and shaping the fortunes of families who toiled beneath its surface. Though the mines have long since fallen silent, their legacy persists in the stoic character of the community and the subtle shift in the terrain where earth was moved. Today, a different kind of sustenance is drawn from the land, with small farms and orchards dotting the hillsides, their produce finding its way to local markets, a testament to a continued, if transformed, connection to the soil that has always been the heart of Cranberry.
Live animated radar for Cranberry 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 | Cranberry, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.953974°N, 75.997704°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 18202, 16319 |
| 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 Cranberry, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cranberry, 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 Cranberry includes coordinates 40.953974°N, 75.997704°W, situated in Luzerne County. ZIP code 18202, 16319. 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.
