East Texas, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for East Texas, Lehigh County.
Full aviation weather for East Texas is published on the Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport (KXLL) page, 7 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 East Texas 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 Texas: Lehigh Valley International Airport (KABE) 15 km · Quakertown Airport (KUKT) 20 km · Pennridge Airport (KCKZ) 29 km · Pottstown Municipal Airport (KN47) 33 km · Jake Arner Memorial Airport (K22N) 34 km
Conditions reported at KXLL describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at East Texas specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for East Texas.
East Texas lies in a fold of the land where gentle hills, cloaked in the deep greens of deciduous forests, begin to soften their ascent towards the broader Lehigh Valley. It lies 5.6 miles south-west of Allentown, PA (from Allentown, PA: bearing 222°T), and is situated 7.4 miles south-west of Fullerton. The air here often carries the damp, loamy scent of earth, particularly after a rain, and the sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in broad, luminous shafts that seem to illuminate the very air itself. The terrain is a mosaic of woodlands and cultivated fields, interspersed with the meandering courses of small creeks that whisper their way through the landscape, their waters reflecting the sky in fleeting, liquid moments. The quietude is broken only by the rustle of leaves, the distant hum of machinery, or the occasional call of a bird, a testament to the enduring presence of nature in this particular corner of Pennsylvania. The history of East Texas is deeply entwined with the iron ore that once pulsed beneath its surface, a legacy that shaped its early economy and drew a diverse population to its nascent communities. Though the mines have long since fallen silent, the memory of that era lingers, a subtle undercurrent in the local character, much like the faint scent of coal smoke that can sometimes be detected on the wind. Today, the economy leans more towards small businesses and the quiet industry of agriculture, with fields of corn and soybeans stretching across the land, their orderly rows a pleasing contrast to the wilder woodlands. The rhythm of life in East Texas is one of measured pace, where the seasons dictate the work and the passing of days is marked by the changing light and the subtle shifts in the natural world.
Live animated radar for East Texas 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 Texas, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.547597°N, 75.561297°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 18046 |
| 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 |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for East Texas, 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 Texas includes coordinates 40.547597°N, 75.561297°W, situated in Lehigh County. ZIP code 18046. 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.