Defiance, Pennsylvania Weather
Defiance, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Defiance, Bedford County.
Full aviation weather for Defiance is published on the Altoona Blair County Airport (KAOO) page, 17 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. 5 airfields within reach of Defiance 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 Defiance: Bedford County Airport (KHMZ) 26 km · Potomac Airpark (KW35) 52 km · John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport (KJST) 54 km · Franklin County Regional Airport (KN68) 54 km
Conditions reported at KAOO describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Defiance specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Defiance.
About Defiance, Pennsylvania
Defiance rests in a quiet pocket of Bedford County, where rolling hills, softened by centuries of cultivation, give way to steeper, wooded inclines. It lies 26.2 miles south-south-east of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 161°T), and is situated 3.8 miles south-south-east of Saxton. The land here is a patchwork of fields, their greens and golds shifting with the seasons, bordered by the dark, persistent green of mature woodlands. The Raystown Branch of the Juniata River, a silver ribbon in the valley, lends a cool, damp scent to the air, especially in the early mornings when mist clings to its surface like a veil. Small farmsteads, their paint weathered to a soft, muted palette, dot the landscape, suggesting lives lived in close communion with the earth. The sky above Defiance is vast, an ever-changing canvas that can shift from the sharp, blue clarity of a summer day to the bruised purples and greys of an approaching storm, each hue painting the surrounding hills with a different light. The story of Defiance is one of quiet perseverance, a spirit perhaps hinted at in its name. Early settlers carved their livelihoods from this rich, fertile land, their efforts laid down in the very soil that continues to sustain the farms and fields visible today. While larger industries may have passed by, the local economy in Defiance remains anchored in agriculture, the rhythm of planting and harvest dictating much of the year's pulse. Generations have worked these acres, their knowledge passed down, a living legacy in the successful yields of corn, soybeans, and hay. The absence of booming commerce lends Defiance a certain unhurried character, a place where conversations linger and neighbors still know each other’s names, a gentle echo of a simpler time.
Live animated radar for Defiance 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 | Defiance, Bedford County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.161192°N, 78.229734°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 16633 |
| 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 Defiance, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Defiance, 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 Defiance includes coordinates 40.161192°N, 78.229734°W, situated in Bedford County. ZIP code 16633. 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.
