Sandy Ridge, Pennsylvania Weather
Sandy Ridge, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sandy Ridge, Centre County.
Full aviation weather for Sandy Ridge is published on the Mid-State Regional Airport (KPSB) page, 15 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 Sandy Ridge 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 Sandy Ridge: Albert Airport (K1N3) 17 km · Clearfield Lawrence Airport (KFIG) 30 km · State College Regional Airport (KUNV) 33 km · Bellefonte Airport (KN96) 36 km · Mifflin County Airport (KRVL) 54 km
Conditions reported at KPSB describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sandy Ridge specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sandy Ridge.
About Sandy Ridge, Pennsylvania
Sandy Ridge unfolds across a landscape where the land itself seems to sigh, a place of rolling hills that have seen the seasons turn with a patient, unhurried cadence. It lies 19.7 miles west of State College, PA (from State College, PA: bearing 274°T), and is situated 10.0 miles north of Tyrone. The topography here is a study in soft, rounded contours, a terrain sculpted by ancient water and wind into a gentle, undulating canvas of greens and browns. Dense stands of oak and maple cling to the slopes, their leaves a vibrant emerald in the summer sun, transforming into a fiery spectacle of crimson and gold as autumn’s chill descends. The air, especially in the early morning, carries a crisp, clean scent of pine and damp earth, a perfume that clings to the skin and whispers of the surrounding woodlands. Evenings bring a deepening of shadows, the hillsides blurring into indistinct forms as the sky bleeds from a soft rose to a bruised indigo, a quiet grandeur that settles over Sandy Ridge like a familiar cloak. The history of Sandy Ridge is as much about the earth as it is about the people who have worked it. For generations, the fertile soil and the bounty of the surrounding forests have sustained its inhabitants, a legacy etched into the very character of the place. While the echoes of coal mining still resonate in the wider region, Sandy Ridge itself has often found its economic pulse in agriculture and the quiet hum of small businesses. The land here is generous, yielding crops that mirror the changing colors of the sky, and the pace of life allows for a deeper connection to the natural world. Distinctive stone fences, their grey blocks weathered by time and the elements, snake across the fields, silent sentinels of past endeavors and enduring resilience. It is a place where the past is not forgotten but is woven into the present, a continuous thread that binds the community to its roots.
Live animated radar for Sandy Ridge 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 | Sandy Ridge, Centre County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.81478°N, 78.23557°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 16677 |
| 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 Sandy Ridge, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sandy Ridge, 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 Sandy Ridge includes coordinates 40.814780°N, 78.235570°W, situated in Centre County. ZIP code 16677. 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.
