St. Michael, Pennsylvania Weather
St. Michael, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for St. Michael, Cambria County.
Full aviation weather for St. Michael is published on the John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport (KJST) page, 6 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 St. Michael 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 St. Michael: Bedford County Airport (KHMZ) 36 km · Altoona Blair County Airport (KAOO) 38 km · Somerset County Airport (K2G9) 39 km · Indiana County–Jimmy Stewart Airport (KIDI) 43 km · Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (KLBE) 54 km
Conditions reported at KJST describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at St. Michael specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for St. Michael.
About St. Michael, Pennsylvania
St. Michael rests in a hollow where the land begins its slow, deliberate climb toward the Alleghenies. It lies 23.4 miles west-south-west of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 238°T), and is situated 8.0 miles east of Johnstown. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and pine needles, a cool exhalation from the surrounding hills. Fields, some still bearing the faint, geometric ghosts of older patterns, unfurl in patches of emerald and gold, bordered by hedgerows that have thickened into rambling, wild things. Distant ridges, cloaked in the deep, varied greens of mixed hardwoods, rise and fall like the breathing of a sleeping giant, their contours softened by the perpetual haze that clings to the valleys. The sky overhead, especially in the late afternoon, often bleeds into bruised purples and soft oranges, a quiet spectacle that washes over the clustered rooftops of St. Michael. The story of St. Michael is etched into the very bones of this landscape, a narrative of coal and resilience. For generations, the deep veins of anthracite beneath these hills fueled furnaces and warmed homes far beyond the reach of these quiet valleys. The economy, once robust with the clang of mine shafts and the rumble of coal trains, now finds its footing in a more diversified footing, though the legacy of that arduous labor lingers in the stoic character of its people and the weathered facades of its older buildings. A few hardy farms still work the land, their tractors tracing slow, deliberate lines across the slopes, while small businesses cater to the daily needs of St. Michael, their storefronts a comforting, predictable presence along the main thoroughfares. The Conemaugh River, a vital artery for the region, carves its path not far from the town, its waters carrying the whispers of seasons past.
Live animated radar for St. Michael 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 | St. Michael, Cambria County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.337019°N, 78.770854°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 15951 |
| 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 St. Michael, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St. Michael, 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 St. Michael includes coordinates 40.337019°N, 78.770854°W, situated in Cambria County. ZIP code 15951. 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.
