Strong, Pennsylvania Weather
Strong, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Strong, Northumberland County.
Full aviation weather for Strong is published on the Northumberland County Airport (KN79) page, 10 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 Strong 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 Strong: Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport (KZER) 12 km · Bloomsburg Municipal Airport (KN13) 22 km · Danville Airport (K8N8) 24 km · Sunbury Airport (K71N) 30 km · Penn Valley Airport (KSEG) 36 km
Conditions reported at KN79 describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Strong specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Strong.
About Strong, Pennsylvania
Strong sits at the confluence of rolling hills and fertile valleys, a place where the land seems to sigh contentedly under a broad sky. It lies 26.6 miles west-south-west of Hazleton, PA (from Hazleton, PA: bearing 246°T), and is situated 6.4 miles east of Shamokin. The terrain here is a gentle rise and fall, a patchwork quilt of farm fields stitched with hedgerows and dotted with stands of mature oak and maple that turn to fire in the autumn. A quiet river, the Shamokin Creek, winds its way through the heart of Strong, its banks often softened by reeds and the occasional weeping willow, reflecting the pale, diffused light that can linger for hours after the sun has technically dipped below the horizon. The air carries a clean, earthy scent, a blend of tilled soil and damp woods, a constant reminder of the agricultural roots that still hold firm in this corner of Pennsylvania. The story of Strong is one of quiet resilience, shaped by the coal seams that once ran deep beneath its surface. Though the mines themselves have long since fallen silent, their legacy is etched into the very character of the place, a stoic pragmatism that persists. The local economy, once dominated by the black dust of industry, has since diversified, with small businesses and agriculture now forming the backbone of daily life. You can still feel the echoes of a past generation in the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the older buildings, a testament to the hardworking hands that built Strong. The rhythm here is one of steady effort, not frantic haste, a place where the seasons dictate the pace and the changing light on the hillsides marks the passage of time.
Live animated radar for Strong 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 | Strong, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.798698°N, 76.438008°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17851 |
| 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 Strong, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Strong, 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 Strong includes coordinates 40.798698°N, 76.438008°W, situated in Northumberland County. ZIP code 17851. 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.
