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Joffre rests in a landscape where rolling hills, softened by the passage of time and the persistent work of agriculture, give way to steeper inclines cloaked in woodlands. It lies 16.4 miles west of Mount Lebanon, PA (from Mount Lebanon, PA: bearing 276°T), and is situated 7.8 miles south-west of Imperial. The land here, a mosaic of fields and forests, breathes with a quiet, persistent life, especially in the late afternoon when the sun, slanting low, casts long shadows that stretch and deepen across the terrain. The air, carrying the scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, often holds a cool, persistent moisture, a reminder of the region's humid summers and crisp, often snowy, winters. This is a place where the horizon feels both accessible and a little mysterious, where the next rise of land promises a new vista, familiar yet subtly altered by the shifting light. The history of Joffre is tied to the very earth it occupies, its economy once driven by the extraction of coal, a deep, dark vein that once pulsed beneath these hills. Though the mines have long since fallen silent, their legacy lingers in the character of the place, a resilience forged in hard labor and community. Today, the economy is more varied, a blend of small businesses, agriculture that continues to shape the surrounding countryside, and residents who commute to larger centers for work, their lives a gentle ebb and flow between the quietude of Joffre and the demands of the wider world. The roads here, winding and often narrow, follow the contours of the land, leading to scattered homes and the occasional small gathering of buildings that mark the heart of this Washington County settlement, a place where the past is not so much buried as it is integrated into the very texture of everyday life.
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| Location | Joffre, Washington County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.379236°N, 80.360341°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 15053 |
| 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 |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Joffre, 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 Joffre includes coordinates 40.379236°N, 80.360341°W, situated in Washington County. ZIP code 15053. 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.