Dickson City, Pennsylvania Weather
Dickson City, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Dickson City, Lackawanna County.
Full aviation weather for Dickson City is published on the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (KAVP) page, 18 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 Dickson City 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 Dickson City: Wilkes Barre Wyoming Valley Airport (KWBW) 28 km · Flying Dollar Airport (K8N4) 42 km · Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport (KMPO) 42 km · Rocky Hill Ultralightport (K48P) 45 km
Conditions reported at KAVP describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dickson City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dickson City.
About Dickson City, Pennsylvania
Dickson City rests in the embrace of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s undulating terrain, where the Lackawanna River courses through a valley carved by ancient glaciers and more recent industry. It lies 5.2 miles north-north-east of Scranton, PA (from Scranton, PA: bearing 33°T), and is situated 3.8 miles north-north-east of Dunmore. The landscape here is a study in contrasts: the steep, wooded hillsides that cradle the town give way to flatter expanses where neighborhoods and businesses have taken root. A persistent, sometimes damp, air often hangs in the air, carrying the faint scent of pine needles from the surrounding slopes and the metallic tang of the railway lines that still crisscross the valley floor. The houses, many of them modest and well-maintained, climb the slopes like tenacious vines, their porches often offering glimpses of the ever-present green that defines the region. The history of Dickson City is deeply intertwined with the anthracite coal mining that once fueled the nation's industrial heart. Though the deep mines have long since fallen silent, their legacy lingers in the character of the place, in the stoic resilience of its people, and in the very shape of the land, marked by old culm banks and the ghosts of breaker operations. The local economy has since diversified, with a mix of retail, services, and light manufacturing providing livelihoods, but the echoes of its coal-mining past remain a palpable presence. Along the main thoroughfares, older brick buildings stand shoulder-to-shoulder with more modern commercial structures, hinting at the layers of development that have built Dickson City over time. The rhythm of daily life here is steady, a quiet unfolding of routines that honor the hard work and enduring spirit of the region.
Live animated radar for Dickson City 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 | Dickson City, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 41.471469°N, 75.607688°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 18447, 18508 |
| 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 Dickson City, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dickson City, 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 Dickson City includes coordinates 41.471469°N, 75.607688°W, situated in Lackawanna County. ZIP code 18447, 18508. 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.
