Elm, Pennsylvania Weather
Elm, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Elm, Lancaster County.
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About Elm, Pennsylvania
Elm rests in a gentle embrace of rolling countryside, its landscape a quilt of verdant fields stitched with hedgerows, where the air carries the faint, sweet perfume of ripening crops on a summer's eve. It lies 10.0 miles south-south-east of Lebanon, PA (from Lebanon, PA: bearing 161°T), and is situated 8.7 miles north of East Hempfield. The terrain here slopes with a quiet grace, the land yielding to the patient cultivation of generations, and the sky above seems to hold a particular clarity, especially in the liminal hours when the sun dips low, painting the western horizon in hues of rose and gold that linger long after the light has fled the fields. Small streams, like silver threads, meander through the valleys, feeding the rich soil that defines Elm's character, a character shaped by the slow, deliberate turning of the seasons and the sturdy resilience of its agricultural heart. The history of Elm is tied to the fertile earth, a legacy of farming that has sustained its people for centuries, and the local economy continues to draw strength from this deep-rooted connection. While the larger agricultural operations now dominate, the echoes of smaller homesteads and the ingenuity of those who first tilled this land can still be felt, a whisper in the wind that rustles through the corn stalks. The distinctive feature of Elm is not a grand monument but the enduring spirit of its inhabitants, a pragmatic and grounded folk whose lives are measured by the cycles of planting and harvest, and who have, through quiet perseverance, maintained a way of life that feels both timeless and deeply rooted in the Pennsylvania soil.
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| Location | Elm, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.203982°N, 76.348848°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17543, 17521, 16920 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Elm, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elm, Pennsylvania, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Elm includes coordinates 40.203982°N, 76.348848°W, situated in Lancaster County. ZIP code 17543, 17521, 16920. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
