Franklin, Pennsylvania Weather
Franklin, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Franklin, Cambria County.
Full aviation weather for Franklin is published on the John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport (KJST) page, 5 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 Franklin 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 Franklin: Somerset County Airport (K2G9) 36 km · Indiana County–Jimmy Stewart Airport (KIDI) 37 km · Bedford County Airport (KHMZ) 42 km · Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (KLBE) 45 km · Altoona Blair County Airport (KAOO) 48 km
Conditions reported at KJST describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Franklin specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Franklin.
About Franklin, Pennsylvania
Franklin rests in a valley where the land begins to gather itself into the rolling hills of western Pennsylvania. It lies 28.5 miles west-south-west of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 245°T), and is situated 2.2 miles east-north-east of Johnstown. The slopes rise with a determined greenness, cloaked in a mix of deciduous trees that hold their color late into autumn, their branches often heavy with the mist that drifts up from the Conemaugh River. Beneath this leafy canopy, the terrain is a study in subtle shifts, a mosaic of fields and woodlands that give way to the more ordered geometry of the borough itself. The air here, especially after a rain, carries the clean scent of damp earth and pine, a breath drawn from the surrounding natural world. The story of Franklin is one of grit and industry, a narrative etched in the coal seams that once powered its growth and the iron furnaces that glowed in its past. For generations, the local economy was tied to the extraction of these resources, a hardscrabble existence that shaped the character of its people. Today, while the echoes of mining are fainter, a spirit of resilience persists in the small businesses that line Main Street and the quiet hum of manufacturing that still provides livelihoods. The Conemaugh River, a constant presence, offers a different kind of beauty, its waters reflecting the sky and providing a tranquil counterpoint to the town's industrious past.
Live animated radar for Franklin 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Franklin, Cambria County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.342296°N, 78.884747°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 15909, 15668, 16323 |
| 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 Franklin, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Franklin, 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 Franklin includes coordinates 40.342296°N, 78.884747°W, situated in Cambria County. ZIP code 15909, 15668, 16323. 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.
