Snow Shoe, Pennsylvania Weather
Snow Shoe, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Snow Shoe, Centre County.
Full aviation weather for Snow Shoe is published on the Bellefonte Airport (KN96) page, 20 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 Snow Shoe 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 Snow Shoe: Mid-State Regional Airport (KPSB) 20 km · State College Regional Airport (KUNV) 22 km · Albert Airport (K1N3) 26 km · Clearfield Lawrence Airport (KFIG) 39 km · William T. Piper Memorial Airport (KLHV) 46 km
Conditions reported at KN96 describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Snow Shoe specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Snow Shoe.
About Snow Shoe, Pennsylvania
Snow Shoe rests in a wide valley, a shallow bowl cupped by the shoulders of rolling Allegheny Mountains, their slopes cloaked in a dense, hushed forest. It lies 17.1 miles north-north-west of State College, PA (from State College, PA: bearing 344°T), and is situated 1.3 miles south-south-west of Clarence. The air here, especially after a rain, carries the clean, sharp scent of damp earth and pine needles, a fragrance that clings to everything. A gentle creek, often no more than a murmur of clear water over smooth stones, threads its way through the valley floor, reflecting the pale, washed-out blue of the Pennsylvania sky. The houses, few and far between, are mostly of weathered wood, their porches often adorned with the quiet industry of flower pots and the rustle of wind chimes. Even the sunlight seems to fall differently here, softer, diffused by the surrounding trees, casting long, languid shadows that stretch and shrink with the slow passage of the day. The history of Snow Shoe is deeply entwined with the logging and coal industries that once defined this region, the echoes of which can still be felt in the quiet landscape. The valley was, for a time, a bustling hub, its fortunes tied to the extraction of timber and the veins of anthracite that lay beneath the hills. While the great mills and mines are long gone, the legacy of that hardscrabble past remains in the stoic character of its residents and the enduring resilience of Snow Shoe. Today, the economy has diversified, with many finding work in neighboring communities or pursuing smaller-scale agriculture, but the land itself still dictates the pace of life. The surrounding state forests offer a different kind of bounty, drawing hikers and hunters to its wilder expanses, a silent testament to the enduring allure of this particular corner of Pennsylvania.
Live animated radar for Snow Shoe 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 | Snow Shoe, Centre County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 41.030891°N, 77.949449°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 16874 |
| 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 Snow Shoe, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Snow Shoe, 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 Snow Shoe includes coordinates 41.030891°N, 77.949449°W, situated in Centre County. ZIP code 16874. 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.
