Salunga, Pennsylvania Weather
Salunga, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Salunga, Lancaster County.
Full aviation weather for Salunga is published on the Lancaster Airport (KLNS) page, 11 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 Salunga 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 Salunga: Donegal Springs Airpark (KN71) 13 km · Smoketown Airport (KS37) 20 km · Deck Airport (K9D4) 29 km · Harrisburg International Airport (KMDT) 30 km · Capital City Airport (KCXY) 38 km
Conditions reported at KLNS describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Salunga specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Salunga, Pennsylvania
Salunga lies where the land begins to swell and roll, a gentle rise from the flatter plains to the west, yet still retaining the broad, open feel of Lancaster County’s heart. It lies 7.7 miles north-west of Lancaster, PA (from Lancaster, PA: bearing 305°T), and is situated 3.0 miles west-north-west of East Hempfield. Fields of corn, their stalks a vibrant green under the midday sun, stretch to the horizon, punctuated by stands of oak and maple that offer a dappled shade. The air here carries the sweet, earthy perfume of tilled soil and ripening grain, a scent that mingles with the distant hum of machinery and the occasional call of a hawk circling overhead. Barns, their red paint weathered to soft hues of rust and rose, stand sentinel over the patchwork quilt of farmland, each a small monument to generations of patient labor. This stretch of land, long cultivated by those who arrived seeking fertile ground, has always been shaped by the rhythms of agriculture. The local economy, while diversifying, retains its deep roots in the bounty of the earth, with produce markets and farm stands a common sight along the roadways. History whispers in the names of the older homesteads, remnants of German and Swiss settlers who found this place conducive to their way of life, their legacy evident in the enduring stone foundations and the meticulously maintained fences. While no single grand monument dominates the landscape, the quiet diligence of its people and the persistent growth of its crops speak volumes about Salunga's enduring character, a place where the past is not forgotten but lives on in the present.
Live animated radar for Salunga 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 | Salunga, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.100929°N, 76.424685°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17538 |
| 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 Salunga, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Salunga, 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 Salunga includes coordinates 40.100929°N, 76.424685°W, situated in Lancaster County. ZIP code 17538. 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.
