East Freedom, Pennsylvania Weather
East Freedom, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for East Freedom, Blair County.
Full aviation weather for East Freedom is published on the Altoona Blair County Airport (KAOO) page, 12 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 East Freedom 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 East Freedom: Bedford County Airport (KHMZ) 31 km · John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport (KJST) 35 km
Conditions reported at KAOO describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at East Freedom specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for East Freedom.
About East Freedom, Pennsylvania
East Freedom rests in a broad valley, cradled by hills that rise with a gentle, forested swell, their slopes softened by a patchwork of farms and fields. It lies 11.3 miles south of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 189°T), and is situated 5.3 miles south-south-west of Hollidaysburg. The Conemaugh River, a ribbon of pewter under the often-grey Pennsylvania sky, meanders to the north, its presence a quiet hum felt more than heard. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a fragrance that clings to the afternoon light, especially in the late autumn when the leaves turn to shades of rust and ember. The houses, many of them clapboard and stone, huddle together along the main road, their porches worn smooth by generations of footsteps, each one a small, self-contained world against the vastness of the surrounding countryside. This corner of Blair County, once a place of industry and enterprise, now moves at a more deliberate pace. The echoes of coal mining and lumber mills, the lifeblood of earlier days, have faded, leaving behind a landscape that has largely returned to agriculture and quiet residential life. Local businesses, like the general store and the diner, serve as informal gathering places, their windows reflecting the passing cars and the steady, unhurried rhythm of East Freedom. The history of the area is written not in grand monuments, but in the weathered barns and the names on mailboxes, a subtle testament to the families who have worked this land and built their lives within its embrace.
Live animated radar for East Freedom 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 | East Freedom, Blair County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.357574°N, 78.429736°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 16637 |
| 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 East Freedom, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for East Freedom, 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 East Freedom includes coordinates 40.357574°N, 78.429736°W, situated in Blair County. ZIP code 16637. 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.
