Palmyra, Pennsylvania Weather
Palmyra, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Palmyra, Lebanon County.
Full aviation weather for Palmyra is published on the Muir Army Air Field (Fort Indiantown Gap) Airport (KMUI) 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 Palmyra 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 Palmyra: Harrisburg International Airport (KMDT) 19 km · Deck Airport (K9D4) 23 km · Donegal Springs Airpark (KN71) 24 km · Capital City Airport (KCXY) 24 km · Lancaster Airport (KLNS) 33 km
Conditions reported at KMUI describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Palmyra specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Palmyra, Pennsylvania
Palmyra rests in a shallow valley, a quiet confluence of soft hills and the meandering Swatara Creek. It lies 9.8 miles west-south-west of Lebanon, PA (from Lebanon, PA: bearing 257°T), and is situated 4.4 miles east-north-east of Swatara. The land here breathes with a gentle undulation, fields of corn and soybeans unfurling like green carpets under a sky that often stretches wide and pale, especially in the late afternoon when the sun casts long, warm shadows. The air, crisp and carrying the scent of damp earth after a summer shower, hums with the low thrum of cicadas and the distant rumble of traffic on the nearby highway, a constant reminder of the world beyond this pocket of Pennsylvania. Oak trees, their branches gnarled and heavy, stand sentry along the creek banks, their leaves whispering secrets to the breeze. The history of Palmyra is etched not in grand monuments but in the quiet persistence of its people and the enduring legacy of agriculture. Once a vital hub for the Hershey Chocolate Company, the economic pulse of Palmyra has long been tied to the fertile land and the industries that sprang from it. The Swatara Creek, though no longer a primary artery for commerce, still flows with a quiet dignity, a reminder of earlier days when its waters powered mills and sustained a growing settlement. The houses, many of them built in the early to mid-20th century, speak of generations who have called this valley home, their porches often adorned with flower boxes that burst with color, a small, persistent beauty against the backdrop of passing years.
Live animated radar for Palmyra 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.30898°N, 76.593301°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17078 |
| 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 Palmyra, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Palmyra, 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 Palmyra includes coordinates 40.308980°N, 76.593301°W, situated in Lebanon County. ZIP code 17078. 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.
