Fountain Springs, Pennsylvania Weather
Fountain Springs, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fountain Springs, Schuylkill County.
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About Fountain Springs, Pennsylvania
Fountain Springs rests in a hollow where the land folds inward, a place where the rolling hills of Schuylkill County begin to assert their gentle, persistent presence. It lies 22.4 miles south-west of Hazleton, PA (from Hazleton, PA: bearing 235°T), and is situated 9.0 miles north-west of Pottsville. The air here, especially in the late afternoon when the sun dips low, carries a cool, earthy scent, a blend of damp soil and the faint, sweet perfume of unseen wildflowers clinging to the slopes. The landscape is a study in muted greens and browns, the deciduous trees that climb the inclines offering a shifting cloak of color through the seasons, their leaves whispering secrets on the breeze. The houses, sturdy and practical, seem to have sprouted from the very ground, their paint weathered by decades of wind and sun, each one a small, quiet testament to lives lived with a certain stoic grace. Small creeks, born from hidden springs, thread their way through the terrain, their water clear and cold, reflecting the vast, ever-changing canvas of the sky. The history of Fountain Springs is inextricably linked to the veins of anthracite coal that lie beneath its surface, a legacy that shaped its early prosperity and continues to influence its character today. This was a place built on grit and labor, where generations of families carved out a living from the earth, their stories etched into the very stones of the older buildings. The economy, once dominated by the deep mines, has since diversified, with small businesses and local trades now forming the backbone of the community. One can still feel the echoes of that mining past in the stooped shoulders of some of the older residents and in the quiet pride they take in their heritage. While large-scale industry has receded, a strong sense of local identity persists, a shared understanding born from shared experience, making Fountain Springs a place where the past is never truly buried, but rather woven into the ongoing fabric of everyday life.
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| Location | Fountain Springs, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.771199°N, 76.324671°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17921 |
| 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 Fountain Springs, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fountain Springs, 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 Fountain Springs includes coordinates 40.771199°N, 76.324671°W, situated in Schuylkill County. ZIP code 17921. 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.
