Tamaqua, Pennsylvania Weather
Tamaqua, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Tamaqua, Schuylkill County.
Full aviation weather for Tamaqua is published on the Jake Arner Memorial Airport (K22N) 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. 5 airfields within reach of Tamaqua 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 Tamaqua: Hazleton Municipal Airport (KHZL) 21 km · Reading Regional Airport (Carl A Spaatz Field) (KRDG) 47 km · Lehigh Valley International Airport (KABE) 47 km · Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport (KXLL) 48 km
Conditions reported at K22N describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Tamaqua specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Tamaqua.
About Tamaqua, Pennsylvania
Tamaqua rests in a valley where the Appalachian Mountains, softened by time and verdant growth, cradle a town that breathes with a quiet resilience. It lies 11.1 miles south of Hazleton, PA (from Hazleton, PA: bearing 179°T), and is situated 5.1 miles west-south-west of Lansford. The Schuylkill River, a silver ribbon, winds its way through the landscape, reflecting the ever-changing sky that often paints the surrounding hills in hues of bruised purple and soft apricot at dusk. Streetlights, when they begin to bloom in the early evening, cast a warm, diffused glow that softens the edges of the brick buildings and the sturdy, practical homes, suggesting a community that values solidity and a gentle, enduring light. The air itself, particularly after a rain, carries the clean, earthy scent of damp soil and the faintest hint of coal dust, a ghost of the industry that once defined this place. The story of Tamaqua is deeply intertwined with the veins of anthracite coal that lie beneath its soil, a history that shaped its founding and fueled its economy for generations. The echoes of pickaxes and the rumble of mine cars are now silent, replaced by a more varied economic landscape, yet the legacy of the coal era remains a palpable presence. Old industrial buildings, some repurposed and others standing as stoic monuments to a bygone era, punctuate the town, their weathered facades telling tales of hard work and boom times. The local character is one of pragmatism and a deep-seated pride in their heritage, a blend of the industrious spirit of their ancestors and a forward-looking embrace of new opportunities, all set against the backdrop of these ancient, rolling hills.
Live animated radar for Tamaqua 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 | Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.797311°N, 75.969371°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 18252, 18250 |
| 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 Tamaqua, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Tamaqua, 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 Tamaqua includes coordinates 40.797311°N, 75.969371°W, situated in Schuylkill County. ZIP code 18252, 18250. 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.
