Mountain Top, Pennsylvania Weather
Mountain Top, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mountain Top, Luzerne County.
Full aviation weather for Mountain Top is published on the Wilkes Barre Wyoming Valley Airport (KWBW) page, 14 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 Mountain Top 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 Mountain Top: Hazleton Municipal Airport (KHZL) 23 km · Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (KAVP) 23 km · Jake Arner Memorial Airport (K22N) 41 km · Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport (KMPO) 42 km · Rocky Hill Ultralightport (K48P) 50 km
Conditions reported at KWBW describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mountain Top specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mountain Top.
About Mountain Top, Pennsylvania
Mountain Top rises like a quiet sentinel, its broad shoulders draped in a verdant cloak of mature oak and pine. It lies 5.3 miles south of Wilkes Barre, PA (from Wilkes Barre, PA: bearing 178°T), and is situated 5.3 miles south of Wilkes-Barre. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a crisp, almost pine-scented chill that hints at the approaching autumn, even in the height of summer. Rolling hills, softened by decades of growth, cradle a landscape of scattered homes and winding lanes, where the sky feels vast and unburdened by the shadows of taller, more crowded places. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in luminous shafts, illuminating the subtle textures of moss-covered rocks and the occasional flash of a cardinal’s scarlet wing against the deep green. The terrain itself is a gentle ascent, a gradual unveiling of vistas that are more about intimate beauty than dramatic panoramas, a place where the land seems to breathe with a steady, unhurried grace. This elevated plateau, Mountain Top, has long been a place of refuge and quiet industry, its history interwoven with the resourcefulness of its people. For generations, the rhythm of life here was set by the extraction of coal from the surrounding anthracite fields, a demanding labor that shaped the character of the region, leaving behind a legacy of resilience and close-knit communities. Though the mines have largely fallen silent, the spirit of enterprise endures, now manifesting in small businesses and a growing appreciation for the natural bounty of the area. Locals speak of the days when the trains, laden with coal, would rumble through, a sound that has since faded into memory, replaced by the hum of traffic on newer highways and the quiet rustle of leaves. The sense of place is palpable, a quiet pride in having carved a life out of this elevated terrain, a testament to enduring spirit.
Live animated radar for Mountain Top 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 | Mountain Top, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 41.169527°N, 75.877419°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17555, 18707 |
| 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 Mountain Top, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mountain Top, 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 Mountain Top includes coordinates 41.169527°N, 75.877419°W, situated in Luzerne County. ZIP code 17555, 18707. 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.
