Mont Alto, Pennsylvania Weather
Mont Alto, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Mont Alto, Franklin County.
Full aviation weather for Mont Alto is published on the Franklin County Regional Airport (KN68) 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. 5 airfields within reach of Mont Alto 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 Mont Alto: Hagerstown Regional Richard A Henson Field (KHGR) 21 km · Gettysburg Regional Airport (KW05) 24 km · Frederick Municipal Airport (KFDK) 50 km · Carroll County Regional Jack B Poage Field (KDMW) 54 km
Conditions reported at KN68 describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mont Alto specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Mont Alto, Pennsylvania
Mont Alto unfolds across rolling hills, a place where the whispers of ancient forests mingle with the scent of damp earth after a summer shower. It lies 16.4 miles north-north-east of Hagerstown, MD (from Hagerstown, MD: bearing 31°T), and is situated 8.4 miles south-east of Chambersburg. The landscape here is a study in verdant abundance, with oak and pine trees forming a dense canopy that filters the sunlight into shifting patterns on the forest floor. Streams, clear and cool, thread their way through the terrain, their gentle murmur a constant, soothing presence that underscores the quietude of the surroundings. The air itself carries a crisp, clean quality, a testament to the wilderness that presses in from all sides, offering a sense of deep, abiding peace. The story of Mont Alto is etched not just in its geography but in the enduring spirit of its people and the echoes of its past industries. Once a hub for iron furnaces that drew lifeblood from the rich mineral deposits of the region, the land still holds faint memories of that fiery era, now reclaimed by the persistent green. The legacy of that industrial might has given way to a more measured pace, where the hum of the university campus adds a vibrant intellectual current to the established character of the area. This confluence of natural beauty and resilient history lends Mont Alto a distinctive charm, a place where the past is a gentle companion to the present.
Live animated radar for Mont Alto 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 | Mont Alto, Franklin County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 39.844259°N, 77.558323°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17237 |
| 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 Mont Alto, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mont Alto, 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 Mont Alto includes coordinates 39.844259°N, 77.558323°W, situated in Franklin County. ZIP code 17237. 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.
