Palo Alto, Pennsylvania Weather
Palo Alto, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Palo Alto, Bedford County.
Full aviation weather for Palo Alto is published on the Greater Cumberland Regional Airport (KCBE) page, 16 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. 5 airfields within reach of Palo Alto 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 Palo Alto: Somerset County Airport (K2G9) 38 km · Bedford County Airport (KHMZ) 41 km · Potomac Airpark (KW35) 51 km · Garrett County Airport (K2G4) 54 km
Conditions reported at KCBE describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Palo Alto specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Palo Alto.
About Palo Alto, Pennsylvania
Palo Alto lies in a hollow of rolling Appalachian foothills, where the land rises and falls with a gentle, persistent cadence. It lies 12.1 miles north-west of Allegany, MD (from Allegany, MD: bearing 322°T), and is situated 7.7 miles north of Cumberland. The terrain here is a mosaic of wooded slopes, their green depths broken by sunlit clearings and the occasional glint of water. Fields, tilled and fallow, follow the contours of the hills, their fences a thin, dark punctuation against the broad strokes of earth and sky. The air carries the scent of damp soil after a rain, a clean, mineral tang that speaks of subterranean flows and the slow, steady work of gravity. In the late afternoon, the light slants through the trees, painting long, golden stripes across the narrow roads that wind between the scattered homes. The history of Palo Alto is intimately tied to the extraction of coal, a vein of black wealth that once pulsed beneath this very ground. The echoes of pickaxes and the rumble of mine carts linger in the collective memory, shaping the sturdy, no-nonsense character of the place. Though the mines have largely fallen silent, the economy still draws sustenance from the land, with agriculture holding its own against the encroaching woods. Local families, many with roots stretching back generations, maintain a quiet vigilance over their heritage, their lives unfolding at a pace dictated by seasons rather than the frenetic pulse of larger metropolises. A distinctive quietude pervades Palo Alto, a sense that the deepest currents of its existence run beneath the surface, much like the mineral riches that defined its past.
Live animated radar for Palo Alto 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 | Palo Alto, Bedford County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 39.763696°N, 78.750018°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 15545, 17901 |
| 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 Palo Alto, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Palo Alto, 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 Palo Alto includes coordinates 39.763696°N, 78.750018°W, situated in Bedford County. ZIP code 15545, 17901. 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.
