Nicholson, Pennsylvania Weather
Nicholson, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Nicholson, Wyoming County.
Full aviation weather for Nicholson is published on the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (KAVP) page, 32 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 Nicholson 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 Nicholson: Wilkes Barre Wyoming Valley Airport (KWBW) 37 km · Tri Cities Airport (KCZG) 57 km · Bradford County Airport (KN27) 57 km
Conditions reported at KAVP describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Nicholson specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Nicholson.
About Nicholson, Pennsylvania
Nicholson rests in a fold of northeastern Pennsylvania, where the Susquehanna River, a broad, slow artery, skirts the eastern edge of the valley. It lies 16.2 miles north-north-west of Scranton, PA (from Scranton, PA: bearing 338°T), and is situated 7.9 miles north-north-west of Waverly. Hills, cloaked in a dense, green quilt of deciduous trees that blaze with ochre and crimson in autumn, rise on either side, their slopes softened by a persistent mist that often clings to the hollows until mid-morning. The air here carries the cool, damp scent of pine needles and decaying leaves, a fragrance deepened by the proximity of water. The landscape itself seems to exhale a quiet resilience, shaped by the slow grind of glaciers and the patient work of water, a place where the land feels ancient and its inhabitants, in turn, move with a grounded awareness of their surroundings. The history of Nicholson is bound to the very forces that sculpted its terrain. This valley, once a vital corridor for indigenous peoples, later became a stage for the ambitious expansion of industry. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, a titan of its era, carved a significant path through this land, its presence still felt in the skeletal remains of bridges and the ghost of tracks that once hummed with commerce. The economy, once heavily reliant on the iron ore and coal that lay beneath these hills, has shifted, finding new life in smaller enterprises and the enduring agricultural roots that still anchor the community. The familiar, rhythmic chug of distant freight trains, a sound that once dominated the soundscape, has softened, replaced by the hum of local traffic and the calls of unseen birds in the surrounding woodlands.
Live animated radar for Nicholson 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 | Nicholson, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 41.626188°N, 75.78047°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 18446 |
| 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 Nicholson, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Nicholson, 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 Nicholson includes coordinates 41.626188°N, 75.780470°W, situated in Wyoming County. ZIP code 18446. 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.
