Fort Fetter, Pennsylvania Weather
Fort Fetter, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Fort Fetter, Blair County.
Full aviation weather for Fort Fetter is published on the Altoona Blair County Airport (KAOO) 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. 4 airfields within reach of Fort Fetter 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 Fort Fetter: John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport (KJST) 38 km · Bedford County Airport (KHMZ) 39 km · Mid-State Regional Airport (KPSB) 58 km
Conditions reported at KAOO describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fort Fetter specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Fort Fetter, Pennsylvania
Fort Fetter sprawls across a landscape shaped by ancient hills, their slopes softened by the persistent work of wind and water. It lies 6.3 miles south of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 187°T), and is situated 1.1 miles west of Hollidaysburg. Here, the Susquehanna River’s tributaries, like veins of cool, dark water, thread through valleys that cradle a patchwork of fields and woodlands. The air, especially as afternoon bleeds into evening, carries the scent of damp earth and the faint, sweet perfume of ripening corn, a fragrance that clings to the very skin. The rolling terrain, a gentle rise and fall that suggests a long, unhurried conversation between rock and sky, is punctuated by stands of oak and maple, their leaves rustling with secrets whispered through generations of seasons. The history of Fort Fetter is not one of grand pronouncements but of quiet persistence, a narrative woven into the very grain of the land. Once a strategic point during periods of frontier tension, its name now evokes a sense of enduring presence rather than active defense. The local economy, once deeply rooted in agriculture and the bounty of the surrounding forests, has gradually diversified, though the rhythms of the seasons still dictate much of the year’s work. You can still see the sturdy, weathered barns, their timbers groaning under the weight of memory, and the fields that have yielded harvests for centuries. The distinctive character of Fort Fetter is found in the enduring legacy of its people, their connection to this particular stretch of Pennsylvania earth, a bond as strong and deep as the bedrock beneath.
Live animated radar for Fort Fetter 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 | Fort Fetter, Blair County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.428406°N, 78.408903°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 16648 |
| 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 Fort Fetter, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fort Fetter, 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 Fort Fetter includes coordinates 40.428406°N, 78.408903°W, situated in Blair County. ZIP code 16648. 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.
