Rixford, Pennsylvania Weather
Rixford, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rixford, McKean County.
Full aviation weather for Rixford is published on the Bradford Regional Airport (KBFD) page, 18 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. 4 airfields within reach of Rixford 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 Rixford: Cattaraugus County-Olean Airport (KOLE) 36 km · Wellsville Municipal Airport - Tarantine Field (KELZ) 46 km · St Marys Municipal Airport (KOYM) 57 km
Conditions reported at KBFD describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rixford specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rixford.
About Rixford, Pennsylvania
Rixford rests in a fold of McKean County, where the land begins its slow, deliberate rise towards the northern Allegheny Plateau. It lies 39.8 miles east-south-east of Jamestown, NY (from Jamestown, NY: bearing 107°T), and is situated 8.1 miles north-north-east of McKean. Rolling hills, cloaked in the deep green of mixed hardwoods and pines, define the immediate horizon, their slopes softened by the passage of countless seasons. The air here, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a clean, cool scent, a distillation of damp earth and resin, and the light often settles with a hushed, golden quality upon the weathered clapboard of the few scattered homes and barns. Little tributaries, dark with leaf litter and the sediment of the highlands, thread their way through the valleys, whispering their passage towards larger waters, their banks often fringed with ferns and the resilient growth of wild berry bushes. The story of Rixford is largely bound to the industry that once pulsed through these hills, the echoes of which can still be felt in the quiet persistence of the landscape. Logging and oil extraction shaped the early days, leaving behind a legacy of cleared land and the skeletal remains of forgotten wells, now slowly being reclaimed by the persistent flora. The local economy, though diversified now, still carries the imprint of these foundational trades, with agriculture and smaller manufacturing enterprises forming the backbone of daily life. The rhythm of Rixford is one of measured progress, an unhurried unfolding of days where the seasons dictate the pace and the enduring strength of the land provides a constant, grounding presence.
Live animated radar for Rixford 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 | Rixford, McKean County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 41.926175°N, 78.494188°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 16745 |
| 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 Rixford, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rixford, 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 Rixford includes coordinates 41.926175°N, 78.494188°W, situated in McKean County. ZIP code 16745. 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.
