Jefferson, Pennsylvania Weather
Jefferson, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Jefferson, York County.
Full aviation weather for Jefferson is published on the York Airport (KTHV) page, 11 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. 3 airfields within reach of Jefferson 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 Jefferson: Shoestring Aviation Airfield (K0P2) 17 km · Baublitz Commercial Airport (K9W8) 31 km
Conditions reported at KTHV describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Jefferson specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Jefferson.
About Jefferson, Pennsylvania
Jefferson rests in a broad sweep of rolling farmland, the land here gently sloping towards the Susquehanna River a few miles to the east. It lies 11.7 miles south-south-west of York, PA (from York, PA: bearing 211°T), and is situated 7.6 miles east of Hanover. Fields of corn and soybeans, a patchwork of greens and golds under the wide Pennsylvania sky, stretch out to meet stands of oak and maple, their leaves catching the afternoon sun in a quiet, diffuse glow. The air, especially after a summer rain, carries the clean, earthy scent of turned soil and damp foliage, a perfume that clings to the weathered barns and stone farmhouses dotting the landscape. The houses themselves, often built of a sturdy, local stone, seem to have grown from the very ground, their foundations sunk deep into the loam, their rooflines softened by moss and the passage of decades. This corner of York County has long been a place of cultivation, its fertile ground a promise of sustenance for generations. The early settlers, drawn by the rich earth, established farms that still form the backbone of Jefferson’s economy, the rhythmic cycles of planting and harvest dictating the slow, steady pulse of life. While the hum of agricultural machinery is a constant, it is a sound that blends rather than intrudes, a testament to a community that understands the value of hard work and deep roots. The nearby Susquehanna, a broad, powerful artery of water, has always played a role, though its influence here is more about the fertile floodplains it nourishes than direct commerce, a distant murmur of broader currents shaping the local rhythm.
Live animated radar for Jefferson 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 | Jefferson, York County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 39.817323°N, 76.841642°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 15312, 16232, 17311 |
| 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 Jefferson, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Jefferson, 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 Jefferson includes coordinates 39.817323°N, 76.841642°W, situated in York County. ZIP code 15312, 16232, 17311. 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.
