Galeton, Pennsylvania Weather
Galeton, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Galeton, Potter County.
Full aviation weather for Galeton is published on the Grand Canyon Regional Airport (KN38) page, 20 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. 2 airfields within reach of Galeton 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 Galeton: Wellsville Municipal Airport - Tarantine Field (KELZ) 51 km
Conditions reported at KN38 describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Galeton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Galeton.
About Galeton, Pennsylvania
Galeton rests in a broad valley, cradled by the rounded shoulders of the Pennsylvania hills. It lies 47.5 miles north-west of Williamsport, PA (from Williamsport, PA: bearing 316°T), and is situated 11.6 miles west-north-west of Kennedy. The land here is a deep, loamy brown, often damp from the frequent mists that rise from the Susquehanna's northern branch, a ribbon of silver that threads through the valley floor. Fields, patched with the muted greens of late-season pasture and the starker tones of tilled earth, climb the slopes, interrupted by stands of dense hardwood forest where the light filters through in shifting patterns. The air carries the clean, sharp scent of pine needles and damp soil, a fragrance that deepens as the sun begins its descent, painting the western sky in bruised purples and oranges that bleed into the shadowed contours of the hills. The quiet here is profound, broken only by the distant rumble of a truck on the highway or the occasional sharp cry of a hawk circling overhead. The roots of Galeton run deep into the logging and railroad industries that once shaped this region, remnants of which can still be glimpsed in the weathered barns and sturdy, if aging, storefronts lining Main Street. The economy has shifted, finding new footing in smaller enterprises and the quiet hum of local businesses catering to the surrounding agricultural communities. It is a place where the past is not forgotten, but rather exists as a subtle undercurrent, a quiet reminder of the hard work and resilience that built Galeton. The nearby Denton Hill State Park offers trails that wind through the same woods that once provided timber, now a sanctuary for hikers and nature lovers. The rhythm of life in Galeton is unhurried, marked by the changing seasons and the steady, dependable flow of the river that gives the valley its character.
Live animated radar for Galeton 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 | Galeton, Potter County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 41.733125°N, 77.641931°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 16922 |
| 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 Galeton, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Galeton, 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 Galeton includes coordinates 41.733125°N, 77.641931°W, situated in Potter County. ZIP code 16922. 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.
