Ranshaw, Pennsylvania Weather
Ranshaw, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Ranshaw, Northumberland County.
Full aviation weather for Ranshaw is published on the Northumberland County Airport (KN79) page, 6 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 Ranshaw 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 Ranshaw: Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport (KZER) 15 km · Danville Airport (K8N8) 21 km · Bloomsburg Municipal Airport (KN13) 25 km · Sunbury Airport (K71N) 25 km · Penn Valley Airport (KSEG) 29 km
Conditions reported at KN79 describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ranshaw specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Ranshaw, Pennsylvania
Ranshaw lies in a hollow where the land begins to fold, a place where the cultivated fields of Northumberland County give way to a more undulating terrain. It lies 30.8 miles west-south-west of Hazleton, PA (from Hazleton, PA: bearing 247°T), and is situated 2.1 miles east of Shamokin. Here, the Susquehanna River, a broad, shimmering artery, draws a loose boundary, its presence felt in the humid air and the occasional glint of sunlight off its surface. The sky above Ranshaw often hangs a soft, diffused grey, a reflection of the prevailing climate, yet at dusk, it can ignite with bruised purples and fiery oranges, painting the scattered farmhouses and the skeletal silhouettes of trees with a fleeting, dramatic beauty. The very texture of the ground, a rich loam hinting at generations of cultivation, feels yielding beneath a walker's tread, a quiet testament to the earth's enduring generosity in this corner of Pennsylvania. The history of Ranshaw is a quiet one, etched not in grand monuments but in the persistence of its agricultural roots and the echoes of its industrial past. This was a landscape shaped by the plow long before the iron horse arrived, its economy once tied to the bounty of the soil and later, the veins of anthracite coal that ran deep beneath the surrounding hills. While the mines have long since fallen silent, their legacy lingers in the stoic character of the residents and the sturdy, unpretentious architecture that defines Ranshaw. The river, however, remains a constant, a source of both sustenance and recreation, its banks a place where time seems to slow, allowing for the contemplation of a world that has weathered change with a quiet resilience.
Live animated radar for Ranshaw 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 | Ranshaw, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.785919°N, 76.518012°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17866 |
| 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 Ranshaw, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ranshaw, 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 Ranshaw includes coordinates 40.785919°N, 76.518012°W, situated in Northumberland County. ZIP code 17866. 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.
