Laboratory, Pennsylvania Weather
Laboratory, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Laboratory, Washington County.
Full aviation weather for Laboratory is published on the Washington County Airport (KAFJ) page, 7 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. 4 airfields within reach of Laboratory 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 Laboratory: Wheeling Ohio County Airport (KHLG) 37 km · Pittsburgh International Airport (KPIT) 37 km · Jefferson County Airpark (K2G2) 47 km
Conditions reported at KAFJ describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Laboratory specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Laboratory.
About Laboratory, Pennsylvania
Laboratory exists as a quiet collection of houses and businesses sprawled across rolling hills, where the air often carries the scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke. It lies 15.0 miles south-west of Bethel Park, PA (from Bethel Park, PA: bearing 218°T), and is situated 2.2 miles south-east of Washington. The landscape here is a study in greens and browns, a patchwork of fields that swell and recede with the contours of the land, punctuated by stands of oak and maple that offer a deep, mossy shade during the long, humid summers. Stone farmhouses, weathered by generations of wind and rain, stand sentinel over the terrain, their sturdy facades speaking of a resilience built into the very bones of this place. Even the small creeks that thread through the hollows seem to move with a deliberate, unhurried grace, their waters reflecting the hazy, diffused light that filters through the canopy. This corner of Washington County, while now given over to a more placid existence, was once a place where the earth yielded its bounty in more strenuous ways. The legacy of coal mining is etched into the very topography, though many of the old shafts have long since been reclaimed by nature, their entrances now guarded by brambles and whispering saplings. The local economy, once tied to the deep veins of anthracite, has shifted towards agriculture and small-scale manufacturing, with family farms still producing corn and soybeans, and a few hardy workshops humming with a quiet, persistent industry. The rhythm of life in Laboratory is governed by the seasons and the slow turning of the earth, a pace that allows for contemplation and a deep connection to the land that has sustained it.
Live animated radar for Laboratory 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 | Laboratory, Washington County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.155071°N, 80.213393°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 15301 |
| 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 Laboratory, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Laboratory, 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 Laboratory includes coordinates 40.155071°N, 80.213393°W, situated in Washington County. ZIP code 15301. 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.
