Pitman, Pennsylvania Weather
Pitman, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Pitman, Schuylkill County.
Full aviation weather for Pitman is published on the Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport (KZER) page, 12 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 Pitman 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 Pitman: Northumberland County Airport (KN79) 14 km · Danville Airport (K8N8) 28 km · Sunbury Airport (K71N) 29 km · Penn Valley Airport (KSEG) 31 km · Muir Army Air Field (Fort Indiantown Gap) Airport (KMUI) 31 km
Conditions reported at KZER describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Pitman specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Pitman.
About Pitman, Pennsylvania
Pitman rests in a quiet hollow, where the rolling hills of Schuylkill County begin to settle into a gentler, more intimate embrace. It lies 26.5 miles north-north-west of Lebanon, PA (from Lebanon, PA: bearing 348°T), and is situated 5.5 miles south-south-east of Shamokin. The landscape here is a mosaic of cultivated fields, their summer greens deepening to ochre and gold as the season matures, interspersed with stands of mature oak and maple that offer a cool, dappled shade. The air, especially in the early morning, carries the clean scent of damp earth and distant pine, a subtle perfume that clings to the skin. Small streams, their banks often overgrown with wild mint, thread their way through the terrain, their quiet murmur a constant, almost subconscious soundtrack to the day. The sky above Pitman is vast and often dramatic, its moods shifting with the quick passage of weather fronts that sweep across the Appalachian foothills. The history of Pitman is deeply entwined with the discovery and extraction of anthracite coal, a legacy that still whispers in the wind rustling through the sparse remnants of old mine structures. While the feverish boom of mining days has long since faded, the resilience of the community endures, its economy now finding its footing in a more diversified, though still modest, agricultural and service base. The land itself, having borne the scars and yielded its riches, now offers a different kind of sustenance, supporting farms that continue to work its soil with a patient, enduring rhythm. Occasionally, a flicker of the past emerges in the form of a weathered stone foundation, or the distinctive, almost melancholic silhouette of a disused tipple against the horizon, reminders of the generations who labored here and shaped the character of Pitman.
Live animated radar for Pitman 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 | Pitman, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.715086°N, 76.520792°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17964 |
| 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 Pitman, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pitman, 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 Pitman includes coordinates 40.715086°N, 76.520792°W, situated in Schuylkill County. ZIP code 17964. 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.
