Sickles Corner, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sickles Corner, Blair County.
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Sickles Corner rests in a broad valley, cradled by slopes that rise with the quiet insistence of ancient earth. It lies 6.4 miles east-north-east of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 67°T), and is situated 8.4 miles south-south-west of Tyrone. The land here, a mosaic of cultivated fields and patches of tenacious woodland, exhales a breath of damp soil and pine needles, especially after a soft rain. Farmsteads, their barns weathered to the color of old parchment, dot the landscape, their silos standing like sentinels against the expansive sky, which often unfurls in hues of bruised lavender and pale gold as evening descends. The air, particularly in the early morning, carries a crispness that hints at the nearby Alleghenies, a subtle chill that sharpens the senses and makes the distant crow's call seem startlingly clear. The history of Sickles Corner is intrinsically tied to the fertile ground and the persistent spirit of its early settlers, who carved out a living from this rich, rolling terrain. While large-scale industry has largely receded, the echoes of past endeavors linger in the quiet hum of agricultural machinery and the occasional glint of mica in unearthed stones, remnants of a time when the earth yielded more than just crops. The local economy, a gentle ebb and flow, is largely sustained by the bounty of the surrounding farmlands, where corn and soybeans stretch towards the horizon, and by the steady, unobtrusive presence of small businesses that serve the surrounding homesteads. This is a place where the passage of time feels less like a hurried rush and more like the slow, deliberate turning of seasons, marked by the changing colors of the leaves and the lengthening shadows cast by the setting sun.
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| Location | Sickles Corner, Blair County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.553958°N, 78.28279°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 16601 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sickles Corner, Pennsylvania, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Sickles Corner includes coordinates 40.553958°N, 78.282790°W, situated in Blair County. ZIP code 16601. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.