Strongstown, Pennsylvania Weather
Strongstown, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Strongstown, Indiana County.
Full aviation weather for Strongstown is published on the Indiana County–Jimmy Stewart Airport (KIDI) page, 18 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 Strongstown 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 Strongstown: John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport (KJST) 27 km · Punxsutawney Municipal Airport (KN35) 46 km · Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (KLBE) 51 km · Somerset County Airport (K2G9) 58 km · Altoona Blair County Airport (KAOO) 58 km
Conditions reported at KIDI describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Strongstown specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Strongstown.
About Strongstown, Pennsylvania
Strongstown rests in a fold of Indiana County, where rolling farmland gives way to the denser, shadowed woods that climb toward the ridges. It lies 27.8 miles west of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 275°T), and is situated 7.2 miles north-west of Nanty Glo. The air here, particularly as the sun begins its descent, carries the clean, damp scent of pine needles and freshly turned earth, a perfume mingling with the fainter, sweeter notes of blooming clover in the open fields. The landscape itself is a study in muted greens and browns, broken by the occasional flash of a distant red barn or the silver glint of a creek winding through a pasture. Even the silence here possesses a character, a deep, resonant quietude that is not empty but full of the rustle of unseen creatures and the slow, steady breath of the land itself. The history of Strongstown is a story etched in the persistent labor of those who worked this soil, a legacy tied to the agricultural roots that still anchor the community. While the immediate vicinity is primarily agricultural, with fields of corn and soybeans stretching across the gentler slopes, the broader region once hummed with the industry of coal mining, a past that has left its subtle mark on the terrain and the character of the people. The economy today, while still influenced by farming, has diversified, with residents often commuting to larger centers for work, yet a palpable sense of self-reliance and local pride persists in Strongstown. The evenings here often bring a hush, as if the land itself is settling in for the night, the sky above a vast expanse where constellations begin to emerge, indifferent and ancient.
Live animated radar for Strongstown 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 | Strongstown, Indiana County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.552847°N, 78.921694°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 15957 |
| 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 Strongstown, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Strongstown, 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 Strongstown includes coordinates 40.552847°N, 78.921694°W, situated in Indiana County. ZIP code 15957. 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.
