Summit Station, Pennsylvania Weather
Summit Station, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Summit Station, Schuylkill County.
Full aviation weather for Summit Station is published on the Grimes Airport (K8N1) 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 Summit Station 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 Summit Station: Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport (KZER) 21 km · Deck Airport (K9D4) 26 km · Muir Army Air Field (Fort Indiantown Gap) Airport (KMUI) 34 km · Northumberland County Airport (KN79) 42 km · Lancaster Airport (KLNS) 50 km
Conditions reported at K8N1 describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Summit Station specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Summit Station.
About Summit Station, Pennsylvania
Summit Station breathes a quiet, persistent existence atop the rolling hills of Schuylkill County. It lies 18.9 miles north-east of Lebanon, PA (from Lebanon, PA: bearing 35°T), and is situated 8.4 miles south of Pottsville. The land here, a mosaic of dense deciduous woodlands and open, wind-swept fields, slopes with a gentle, insistent gravity. Ancient oaks, their branches gnarled like arthritic fingers, reach towards a sky that often hangs heavy with the scent of damp earth and distant rain. Small streams, silver threads in the green weave of the landscape, murmur secrets as they tumble over moss-slicked stones, their cool breath rising in the humid air. The character of Summit Station is etched not in grand monuments, but in the weathered facades of farmhouses and the stoic grace of the surrounding terrain, a place where nature’s slow deliberation is the dominant pulse. The echoes of a bygone industrial era still resonate in the very bones of Summit Station, a legacy of the anthracite coal mines that once defined its fortunes. Though the deep shafts are now silent, the scarred earth and the occasional derelict breaker stand as stark reminders of the grit and toil that fueled generations. Today, the local economy, while diversified, still carries the imprint of this history, with agriculture and smaller manufacturing enterprises now shaping its rhythm. The air here, particularly in the lingering twilight, often carries a subtle sweetness, a blend of cut grass and the faint, metallic tang of earth freshly turned, a testament to the enduring connection between the people of Summit Station and the land they inhabit.
Live animated radar for Summit Station 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 | Summit Station, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.56398°N, 76.204391°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17979 |
| 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 Summit Station, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Summit Station, 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 Summit Station includes coordinates 40.563980°N, 76.204391°W, situated in Schuylkill County. ZIP code 17979. 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.
