Marion Center, Pennsylvania Weather
Marion Center, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Marion Center, Indiana County.
Full aviation weather for Marion Center is published on the Indiana County–Jimmy Stewart Airport (KIDI) page, 16 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 Marion Center 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 Marion Center: Punxsutawney Municipal Airport (KN35) 24 km · DuBois Regional Airport (KDUJ) 47 km · John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport (KJST) 54 km
Conditions reported at KIDI describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Marion Center specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Marion Center.
About Marion Center, Pennsylvania
Marion Center rests in a quiet pocket of western Pennsylvania, where rolling hills, softened by a century of cultivation, give way to the deeper greens of mature woodlands. It lies 38.5 miles west-north-west of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 297°T), and is situated 3.6 miles north-east of Home. The land here breathes a steady, agricultural calm, its contours shaped by the slow, persistent work of plow and rain. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out, their tasseled heads catching the late afternoon sun, while along the edges, hedgerows thick with sumac and wild blackberry offer a vibrant, untamed counterpoint. The air itself carries a cool, damp scent of turned earth and distant pine, a fragrance that settles on the skin like a gentle dew. Even the sky, often a canvas of bruised purples and bruised ochres at dusk, seems to hold its breath over Marion Center. The story of Marion Center is written in the quiet persistence of its people and the land they steward. Its origins are tied to the westward expansion and the fertile ground that promised sustenance. For generations, farming has been the lifeblood, the steady hum of tractors a familiar sound against the backdrop of cicadas in summer. While the larger industries of coal and steel have ebbed and flowed in the broader region, Marion Center has held fast to its agrarian roots, its economy a testament to the enduring value of hard work and connection to the soil. The local school, a focal point of community life, stands as a silent guardian of the next generation, its brick façade weathered but resolute, much like the spirit of Marion Center itself.
Live animated radar for Marion Center 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 | Marion Center, Indiana County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.770064°N, 79.050034°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 15759 |
| 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 Marion Center, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Marion Center, 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 Marion Center includes coordinates 40.770064°N, 79.050034°W, situated in Indiana County. ZIP code 15759. 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.
