Loretto, Pennsylvania Weather
Loretto, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Loretto, Cambria County.
Full aviation weather for Loretto is published on the John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport (KJST) page, 27 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. 5 airfields within reach of Loretto 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 Loretto: Altoona Blair County Airport (KAOO) 35 km · Indiana County–Jimmy Stewart Airport (KIDI) 42 km · Bedford County Airport (KHMZ) 47 km · Punxsutawney Municipal Airport (KN35) 57 km
Conditions reported at KJST describe the airfield itself. Weather 27 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Loretto specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Loretto, Pennsylvania
Loretto unfolds across rolling hills, a gentle undulation of land where the Appalachian foothills begin their slow ascent. It lies 12.4 miles west of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 265°T), and is situated 5.1 miles east-north-east of Ebensburg. The air here carries the clean scent of pine and damp earth, especially after a rain, and the light at dusk possesses a soft, diffused quality, as if the very atmosphere is filtering it through a fine, golden mesh. Fields of emerald green, dotted with the stoic shapes of barns, stretch towards the horizon, interrupted by the darker, more somber tones of woodlands that climb the slopes. The terrain feels solid, grounded, a place where the land itself seems to exhale a quiet permanence. The history of Loretto is deeply entwined with the legacy of Father Demetrius Gallitzin, a Russian prince who renounced his title to serve the Catholic faith in this burgeoning American frontier. His presence and pioneering spirit laid the foundation for a community that would grow to embrace education and faith, most notably through the establishment of Saint Francis College. The local economy, once reliant on the region's rich coal seams, has seen a transformation, with a quiet resilience now defining its character, a blend of agricultural pursuits and the enduring institutions that have shaped its identity. This enduring spirit, a quiet strength born of its history and its landscape, is the distinctive hallmark of Loretto.
Live animated radar for Loretto 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 | Loretto, Cambria County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.503126°N, 78.630296°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 15940 |
| 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 Loretto, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Loretto, 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 Loretto includes coordinates 40.503126°N, 78.630296°W, situated in Cambria County. ZIP code 15940. 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.
