Locust Gap, Pennsylvania Weather
Locust Gap, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Locust Gap, Northumberland County.
Full aviation weather for Locust Gap is published on the Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport (KZER) page, 9 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 Locust Gap 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 Locust Gap: Northumberland County Airport (KN79) 12 km · Bloomsburg Municipal Airport (KN13) 25 km · Danville Airport (K8N8) 26 km · Sunbury Airport (K71N) 31 km · Grimes Airport (K8N1) 35 km
Conditions reported at KZER describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Locust Gap specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Locust Gap, Pennsylvania
Locust Gap rests in a hollow of rolling hills, where the earth, a rich, dark loam, rises and falls with a quiet persistence. It lies 27.6 miles west-south-west of Hazleton, PA (from Hazleton, PA: bearing 242°T), and is situated 6.3 miles east of Shamokin. The sky here often hangs low, a pale, washed blue during the day, deepening to an bruised indigo as evening draws in, the light catching the weathered grey of the old barns and the deeper green of the surrounding woodlands. A thin veil of mist can sometimes cling to the lower fields in the early morning, a breath exhaled by the sleeping land, softening the sharp angles of the distant ridges. The air itself carries a clean, earthy scent, tinged with the faintest whisper of pine needles and the distant, sweet decay of fallen leaves. The history of Locust Gap is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring character of its people and the land they have worked. For generations, coal was the lifeblood of this place, the deep veins beneath the hills fueling industry and shaping the lives of those who mined its depths. Though the mines have largely fallen silent, their legacy remains, a subtle weight in the collective memory, a reminder of the sweat and grit that built this valley. The local economy, now more diversified, still finds its roots in the agricultural traditions that preceded the black gold, with small farms dotting the landscape, their fields a patchwork of corn and soybeans. The quiet hum of everyday life in Locust Gap is a testament to resilience, a steady rhythm that flows like the small streams that wind through the valleys, nourishing the soil and sustaining the spirit of the place.
Live animated radar for Locust Gap 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.
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| Location | Locust Gap, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.771753°N, 76.441343°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17840 |
| 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 Locust Gap, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Locust Gap, 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 Locust Gap includes coordinates 40.771753°N, 76.441343°W, situated in Northumberland County. ZIP code 17840. 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.
