Hesston, Pennsylvania Weather
Hesston, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Hesston, Huntingdon County.
Full aviation weather for Hesston is published on the Altoona Blair County Airport (KAOO) page, 22 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 Hesston 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 Hesston: Mifflin County Airport (KRVL) 50 km · Bedford County Airport (KHMZ) 51 km · Mid-State Regional Airport (KPSB) 52 km · State College Regional Airport (KUNV) 52 km · Bellefonte Airport (KN96) 57 km
Conditions reported at KAOO describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hesston specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hesston.
About Hesston, Pennsylvania
Hesston unfolds across a landscape shaped by the slow, persistent artistry of water and earth. It lies 16.4 miles east-south-east of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 114°T), and is situated 6.9 miles south-west of Huntingdon. Rolling hills, softened by the passage of seasons, cradle the community, their flanks a patchwork of cultivated fields and deep woodlands. The air here carries the clean, bracing scent of pine and damp soil, a fragrance that deepens with the approach of twilight, when the western sky bleeds into hues of rose and bruised plum, casting long, contemplative shadows across the land. The very contours of the terrain suggest a quiet resilience, a gentle yielding to the forces that have shaped it for millennia, where the earth breathes a slow, steady rhythm. The economic heart of Hesston once pulsed with the industry of agriculture, the rich soil yielding its bounty to generations of hardworking families who etched their lives into this fertile valley. Though the echoes of that agrarian past still resonate in the weathered barns and open fields, a modern diversification has taken root, with small businesses and specialized trades now contributing to the local economy. History here is not a distant hum but a palpable presence, felt in the sturdy brickwork of older structures and the enduring spirit of its people, who carry a quiet pride in the enduring legacy of Hesston, a place where the past and present walk hand in hand under the vast Pennsylvania sky.
Live animated radar for Hesston 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 | Hesston, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.420908°N, 78.110007°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 16647 |
| 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 Hesston, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hesston, 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 Hesston includes coordinates 40.420908°N, 78.110007°W, situated in Huntingdon County. ZIP code 16647. 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.
