Orwin, Pennsylvania Weather
Orwin, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Orwin, Schuylkill County.
Full aviation weather for Orwin is published on the Muir Army Air Field (Fort Indiantown Gap) Airport (KMUI) page, 17 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 Orwin 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 Orwin: Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport (KZER) 19 km · Grimes Airport (K8N1) 25 km · Northumberland County Airport (KN79) 28 km · Deck Airport (K9D4) 31 km · Penn Valley Airport (KSEG) 38 km
Conditions reported at KMUI describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Orwin specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Orwin.
About Orwin, Pennsylvania
Orwin sits in a hollow of Schuylkill County, where the rolling hills of Pennsylvania begin to gather themselves with a bit more purpose. It lies 18.0 miles north-north-west of Lebanon, PA (from Lebanon, PA: bearing 339°T), and is situated 5.0 miles south-south-west of Hegins. The land here is a tapestry of mature deciduous trees, their canopies forming a dense, green roof for much of the year, broken intermittently by fields that wear the changing seasons like a farmer’s worn overalls. A faint scent of damp earth and pine needles often hangs in the air, especially after a rain, and the light, particularly in the late afternoon, can cast long, painterly shadows across the uneven terrain, giving the landscape a quiet, almost contemplative quality. The houses of Orwin are sturdy, built to withstand the keen winds that sweep down from the ridges, their porches often facing out to catch the morning sun or the fading glow of dusk. The story of Orwin is deeply entwined with the anthracite coal veins that lie beneath this rugged ground, a history etched not in grand monuments but in the persistent, unyielding labor of generations. The economic pulse of Orwin once beat to the rhythm of pickaxes and the rumble of coal cars, a legacy that still whispers from the weathered facades of former company stores and the stoic faces of its residents. Though the mines have largely fallen silent, the spirit of resilience remains, a quiet pride in the hard-won sustenance of this place. The landscape itself bears the marks of this past, with occasional spoil heaps softened by time and vegetation, becoming strangely beautiful hillocks against the backdrop of the natural forest.
Live animated radar for Orwin 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 | Orwin, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.583977°N, 76.53274°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17980 |
| 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 Orwin, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Orwin, 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 Orwin includes coordinates 40.583977°N, 76.532740°W, situated in Schuylkill County. ZIP code 17980. 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.
