Fairbank, Pennsylvania Weather
Fairbank, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fairbank, Fayette County.
Full aviation weather for Fairbank is published on the Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville Airport (KVVS) page, 16 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 Fairbank 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 Fairbank: Greene County Airport (KWAY) 24 km · Rostraver Airport (KFWQ) 30 km · Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field (KMGW) 34 km · Washington County Airport (KAFJ) 43 km · Inter County Airport (K31D) 44 km
Conditions reported at KVVS describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fairbank specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fairbank.
About Fairbank, Pennsylvania
Fairbank rests in a hollow, cradled by the soft, rolling hills of Fayette County, where the Monongahela River, a broad, slow artery, begins to widen its embrace. It lies 22.4 miles north-north-east of Morgantown, WV (from Morgantown, WV: bearing 15°T), and is situated 7.7 miles west-north-west of Uniontown. The land here is a patchwork quilt of greens and browns, fields of corn giving way to stands of oak and maple, their leaves rustling with the breath of passing seasons. The air, especially in the early morning, carries a damp, earthy scent, a promise of dew-kissed soil and the quiet persistence of growth. A subtle stillness pervades, punctuated only by the distant hum of a passing truck or the melodic call of a crow from a high branch. The story of Fairbank is deeply entwined with the veins of coal that once pulsed beneath its surface, a legacy of hardy miners who shaped its early character. While the deep mines are largely silent now, the spirit of industry, though transformed, still lingers in the quiet diligence of its residents. The local economy has shifted, with agriculture and small businesses now forming the backbone, though the memory of coal dust still seems to cling to the very air. You can almost hear the echoes of steam whistles and the rumble of coal cars in the quiet afternoons, a faint murmur of the past in the present rhythm of Fairbank.
Live animated radar for Fairbank 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.
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| Location | Fairbank, Fayette County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 39.943409°N, 79.849492°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 15435 |
| 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 Fairbank, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fairbank, 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 Fairbank includes coordinates 39.943409°N, 79.849492°W, situated in Fayette County. ZIP code 15435. 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.
