Distant, Pennsylvania Weather
Distant, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Distant, Armstrong County.
Full aviation weather for Distant is published on the Clarion County Airport (KAXQ) page, 29 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 Distant 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 Distant: Punxsutawney Municipal Airport (KN35) 36 km · Indiana County–Jimmy Stewart Airport (KIDI) 43 km · DuBois Regional Airport (KDUJ) 45 km · Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport (KBTP) 54 km
Conditions reported at KAXQ describe the airfield itself. Weather 29 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Distant specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Distant.
About Distant, Pennsylvania
Distant unfolds across rolling hills, a landscape where the sky seems to stretch wider than one might expect, a vast canvas for the slow ballet of clouds. It lies 38.4 miles north-north-east of Plum, PA (from Plum, PA: bearing 32°T), and is situated 9.1 miles east-south-east of Rimersburg. The terrain here is a study in gentle slopes and shallow valleys, where woodlands of oak and maple give way to open fields, their colors shifting with the seasons from the deep emerald of summer to the russet and gold of autumn. The air, especially in the quiet of early morning, carries a crispness, a clean scent of damp earth and distant pine, hinting at the wilder stretches that lie just beyond the cultivated plots. Here, the land itself seems to breathe, a patient, enduring presence beneath the wide Pennsylvania sky. The history of Distant is intrinsically tied to the earth, a legacy of agriculture and a more recent, though now faded, chapter of coal extraction that once pulsed through the region. The economy, though leaner now, still finds its roots in the soil, with family farms continuing to work the land, producing crops and raising livestock that feed the surrounding communities. While the grand industrial engines have quieted, a resilient spirit persists, evident in the sturdy farmhouses and the quiet hum of life that continues to define Distant. It is a place where the past is not forgotten, but rather, forms a quiet, weathered foundation for the present.
Live animated radar for Distant 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 | Distant, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.96951°N, 79.356708°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 16242, 16223 |
| 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 Distant, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Distant, 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 Distant includes coordinates 40.969510°N, 79.356708°W, situated in Armstrong County. ZIP code 16242, 16223. 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.
