Rohrerstown, Pennsylvania Weather
Rohrerstown, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Rohrerstown, Lancaster County.
Full aviation weather for Rohrerstown is published on the Lancaster Airport (KLNS) page, 9 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 Rohrerstown 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 Rohrerstown: Smoketown Airport (KS37) 14 km · Donegal Springs Airpark (KN71) 19 km · Deck Airport (K9D4) 33 km · Harrisburg International Airport (KMDT) 38 km · Capital City Airport (KCXY) 46 km
Conditions reported at KLNS describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rohrerstown specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Rohrerstown, Pennsylvania
Rohrerstown unfolds across a gentle rise, its landscape a subtle testament to the rolling terrain of Lancaster County. It lies 3.1 miles west-north-west of Lancaster, PA (from Lancaster, PA: bearing 290°T), and is situated 2.1 miles south-south-east of East Hempfield. Fields of corn and soybeans, their greens deepening to olive as summer matures, stretch out like rumpled velvet, punctuated by the darker, more insistent green of wooded draws and the occasional stately oak. The air here, especially in the late afternoon when the sun begins its slow descent, carries the dry, sweet scent of harvested hay and the fainter, more earthy perfume of turned soil. Residential streets, lined with mature trees that cast shifting, lace-like shadows on manicured lawns, give way to the more utilitarian hum of commerce, where the sounds of traffic blend with the distant murmur of agricultural machinery. The history of Rohrerstown is deeply entwined with the fertile ground it occupies, a legacy of Pennsylvania German settlers who recognized the richness of this land for farming. For generations, agriculture formed the bedrock of its economy, with families cultivating the same fields passed down through the years, their lives marked by the predictable cycles of planting and harvest. While some of that agrarian spirit persists, the modern economy of Rohrerstown has diversified, embracing a blend of small businesses and service industries that cater to the surrounding population. The distinctive character of Rohrerstown is not found in grand monuments, but in the quiet continuity of its daily life, in the enduring presence of its older farmhouses alongside newer developments, and in the way the light at dusk seems to linger just a moment longer over the wide-open fields.
Live animated radar for Rohrerstown 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 | Rohrerstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.052875°N, 76.359961°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17603 |
| 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 Rohrerstown, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rohrerstown, 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 Rohrerstown includes coordinates 40.052875°N, 76.359961°W, situated in Lancaster County. ZIP code 17603. 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.
