Drums, Pennsylvania Weather
Drums, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Drums, Luzerne County.
Full aviation weather for Drums 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. 6 airfields within reach of Drums 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 Drums: Jake Arner Memorial Airport (K22N) 30 km · Wilkes Barre Wyoming Valley Airport (KWBW) 33 km · Bloomsburg Municipal Airport (KN13) 37 km · Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (KAVP) 42 km · Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport (KZER) 47 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 Drums specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Drums.
About Drums, Pennsylvania
Drums, Pennsylvania, rests in a fold of the Wyoming Valley's western edge, where the land begins its gentle ascent toward the Alleghenies. It lies 4.3 miles north-north-west of Hazleton, PA (from Hazleton, PA: bearing 346°T), and is situated 4.1 miles north of West Hazleton. The terrain here is a mosaic of mature woodlands, their leafy canopies a deep, resonant green in summer, transitioning to fiery hues as autumn approaches, and then to stark, skeletal silhouettes against winter skies. Small streams, born from springs hidden in the hills, thread their way through the landscape, their waters often clear and cool, reflecting the sky above. The air itself carries a scent of damp earth and pine, a clean, bracing aroma that shifts with the seasons. Fields, once cleared for agriculture, now often lie fallow, their grasses waving like a sea in the breeze, punctuated by stands of oak and maple. The character of Drums is one of quiet resilience, a place where the natural world still holds sway, dictating the pace of life with the slow, deliberate turning of the year. The history of this region is deeply entwined with the rhythms of the earth and the labor of its people. Early settlers were drawn by the promise of fertile soil and the bounty of the forests, establishing farms and small hamlets. Later, the whispers of coal beneath the surface began to draw a different kind of industry, though Drums itself remained more oriented towards the agricultural and residential character of the valley's periphery, rather than the deep mining operations that shaped other parts of Luzerne County. The legacy of that era, however, can still be felt in the sturdy, practical architecture of some of the older homes and the enduring sense of community that pervades the area. The local economy today is a blend of small businesses, commuting to larger employment centers, and a continued, albeit diminished, connection to the land. There's a distinctive quietude to Drums, a sense of lives lived with a measured grace, where the grandeur of the surrounding natural beauty often overshadows the more mundane details of daily existence.
Live animated radar for Drums 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 | Drums, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 41.018139°N, 75.994925°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 18222 |
| 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 Drums, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Drums, 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 Drums includes coordinates 41.018139°N, 75.994925°W, situated in Luzerne County. ZIP code 18222. 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.
