Locustdale, Pennsylvania Weather
Locustdale, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Locustdale, Columbia County.
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About Locustdale, Pennsylvania
Locustdale unfolds across a landscape where rolling hills, softened by the passage of seasons, give way to the more insistent rise of Appalachian foothills. It lies 24.4 miles west-south-west of Hazleton, PA (from Hazleton, PA: bearing 239°T), and is situated 9.6 miles east of Shamokin. The air here, especially in the humid bloom of summer, carries the sweet, faintly decaying scent of fallen leaves and the distant, earthy musk of cultivated fields. Broadleaf trees, their canopies thick with the emerald promise of growth, crowd the slopes, creating shadowed hollows that hold the cool breath of the earth long after the sun has climbed high. The terrain is not dramatic, but possesses a quiet persistence, a gradual unfolding of land that invites one to walk its contours and feel the solid, unyielding character of the bedrock beneath. The story of Locustdale is etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring legacy of hard work and the quiet industry that once fueled its growth. Coal, that dark, subterranean promise, once pulsed beneath these hills, drawing families and forging a community whose very bones were shaped by the mines. Though the deep shafts have long since fallen silent, the echo of that era lingers in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture of its homes and the resilient spirit of its people. Today, agriculture still holds a significant place, the fertile valleys yielding their bounty, while the gentle pace of life allows for the appreciation of small things—the way the late afternoon sun gilds the weathered barns or the comforting drone of cicadas on a warm evening.
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| Location | Locustdale, Columbia County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.777309°N, 76.376062°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17945 |
| 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 |
About This Locustdale, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Locustdale, 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 Locustdale includes coordinates 40.777309°N, 76.376062°W, situated in Columbia County. ZIP code 17945. 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.
