Old Forge, Pennsylvania Weather
Old Forge, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Old Forge, Lackawanna County.
Full aviation weather for Old Forge is published on the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (KAVP) page, 4 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 Old Forge 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 Old Forge: Wilkes Barre Wyoming Valley Airport (KWBW) 13 km · Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport (KMPO) 40 km · Flying Dollar Airport (K8N4) 44 km · Rocky Hill Ultralightport (K48P) 46 km · Hazleton Municipal Airport (KHZL) 48 km
Conditions reported at KAVP describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Old Forge specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Old Forge, Pennsylvania
Old Forge lies at the cusp of the Appalachian foothills, where the land begins its subtle rise from the broader Wyoming Valley. It lies 4.6 miles south-west of Scranton, PA (from Scranton, PA: bearing 235°T), and is situated 6.3 miles west-south-west of Dunmore. The terrain here is a layered thing, a mingling of worn-down ridges and the flatter, alluvial plains that follow the sinuous path of the Lackawanna River. The air, particularly after a rain, carries the clean, mineral scent of damp earth and the faint, lingering aroma of coal smoke, a ghostly echo of a past industry. Dense stands of oak and maple crowd the slopes, their leaves rustling with a sound like whispered secrets, while the river itself, often a placid slate-grey, reflects the bruised purples and oranges of the sky as dusk begins to settle. There's a quiet resilience in the way the houses cling to the inclines, a sense of generations having weathered the seasons and the earth's slow shifts. The history of Old Forge is inextricably bound to the deep veins of anthracite coal that once pulsed beneath its surface. For decades, the clang of pickaxes and the rumble of mine cars were the dominant soundtrack to life, shaping the very character of the place and its people, who arrived from distant shores to carve out a living from the earth's dark bounty. Though the mines have long since fallen silent, their legacy remains, not just in the contours of the land, but in the enduring spirit of hard work and close-knit community that continues to define Old Forge. The local economy, now more diversified, still draws strength from this industrious past, with small businesses and workshops dotting the main thoroughfares, each contributing to the town's unhurried, yet determined, rhythm.
Live animated radar for Old Forge 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 | Old Forge, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 41.371191°N, 75.734914°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17268, 18518 |
| 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 Old Forge, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Old Forge, 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 Old Forge includes coordinates 41.371191°N, 75.734914°W, situated in Lackawanna County. ZIP code 17268, 18518. 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.
