Swatara, Pennsylvania Weather
Swatara, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Swatara, Schuylkill County.
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About Swatara, Pennsylvania
Swatara lies where the rolling hills of Schuylkill County begin to soften, a place where the land breathes with a quiet resilience. It lies 21.9 miles north of Lebanon, PA (from Lebanon, PA: bearing 8°T), and is situated 8.6 miles west-south-west of Pottsville. The terrain here is a gentle mosaic of cultivated fields and woodlands, the fields a patchwork of ochre and deep green under the vast Pennsylvania sky. Creeks, tributaries of the larger river that gives this place its name, thread through the landscape like silver veins, their banks lined with a sturdy growth of oak and maple. The air itself carries a faint, clean scent of damp earth and pine, especially potent after a rain, a perfume that clings to the very stones of the old farmhouses. Even in the midday sun, there’s a certain subdued luminosity, a light that seems to filter through the leaves rather than beating down directly. This quiet corner of Schuylkill County carries the echoes of a past tied to the land and its bounty. For generations, the economy of Swatara has been shaped by the rhythms of agriculture, its fertile soil yielding crops that sustained families and fed nearby communities. While the grander narratives of coal mining may dominate the regional history, Swatara’s story is one of steadfast cultivation, of the quiet dedication required to coax sustenance from the earth. The few roads that wind through Swatara are lined with weathered barns and fences that speak of enduring labor, a subtle testament to the generations who have walked this ground. The pace of life here is measured, unhurried, dictated less by the clock and more by the turning of the seasons.
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| Location | Swatara, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.655089°N, 76.354675°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17981, 17057 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Swatara, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Swatara, Pennsylvania, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Swatara includes coordinates 40.655089°N, 76.354675°W, situated in Schuylkill County. ZIP code 17981, 17057. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
