Forest Hills, Pennsylvania Weather
Forest Hills, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Forest Hills, York County.
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About Forest Hills, Pennsylvania
Forest Hills unfolds across the rolling terrain of southern Pennsylvania, a landscape defined by the gentle slopes of the Appalachian foothills. It lies 8.6 miles south-east of York, PA (from York, PA: bearing 128°T), and is situated 7.5 miles south-east of East York. Here, the land breathes with a quiet resilience, its contours shaped by ancient geological forces and the patient work of water. Mature woodlands, their canopies a deep emerald in the summer and a riot of ochre and crimson in autumn, intersperse with open fields where agriculture has long held sway. The air often carries the scent of damp earth and pine, a testament to the region's verdant character, and at dusk, the light softens, casting long shadows that imbue the hills with a serene, almost contemplative mood. This is a place where the horizon feels both vast and intimately familiar, a gentle embrace of sky and earth. The history of Forest Hills is inextricably linked to the agricultural heritage of York County, a region settled and cultivated by generations of farmers. The fertile soil, a gift of the underlying geology, has supported a continuous tradition of crop cultivation and livestock raising, shaping the economic and social fabric of the locality. While industry has ebbed and flowed, leaving its own subtle imprints, the enduring spirit of the land remains. The quiet hum of daily life in Forest Hills is often punctuated by the distant rumble of farm machinery or the cheerful call of birds that have made these wooded hills their home. It is a place where the past is not a distant memory but a present influence, felt in the enduring patterns of the landscape and the deep-rooted connection of its inhabitants to the earth.
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| Location | Forest Hills, York County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 39.887045°N, 76.599689°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17112, 17356, 15221 |
| 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 Forest Hills, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Forest Hills, 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 Forest Hills includes coordinates 39.887045°N, 76.599689°W, situated in York County. ZIP code 17112, 17356, 15221. 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.
