Tharptown, Pennsylvania Weather
Tharptown, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Tharptown, Northumberland County.
Full aviation weather for Tharptown is published on the Northumberland County Airport (KN79) page, 4 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 Tharptown 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 Tharptown: Danville Airport (K8N8) 17 km · Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport (KZER) 20 km · Sunbury Airport (K71N) 20 km · Bloomsburg Municipal Airport (KN13) 24 km · Penn Valley Airport (KSEG) 25 km
Conditions reported at KN79 describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Tharptown specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Tharptown, Pennsylvania
Tharptown sits within a landscape shaped by the slow, persistent carving of water and time. It lies 33.0 miles west-south-west of Hazleton, PA (from Hazleton, PA: bearing 251°T), and is situated 1.2 miles north-west of Shamokin. Rolling hills, cloaked in the deep greens of summer or the stark browns and grays of winter, define the immediate terrain, their slopes often softened by a patchwork of fields and the denser, darker stands of deciduous forest. Streams, born from the higher ground, thread their way through the valleys, their banks fringed with alders and willows that catch the shifting light. The air here carries a clean, earthy scent, a blend of damp soil and the distant, sweet perfume of ripening crops, particularly noticeable when a breeze stirs the leaves. Even on a bright day, there's a certain hushed quality to the light, as if the land itself holds its breath, a quiet observer of the seasons passing. The story of Tharptown is interwoven with the very earth it rests upon. Once, this region pulsed with the energy of coal mining, the deep seams beneath the hills fueling industries far and wide, leaving behind a legacy of abandoned shafts and the quiet resilience of a community that adapted. While the boom times have receded, a strong agricultural heritage persists, with farms dotting the landscape, their fields yielding corn and soybeans that stretch towards the horizon. The local economy now leans towards a blend of small businesses and the steady flow of commuters heading to larger centers, a pragmatic approach to survival in a changing world. Occasionally, a weathered barn, its timbers groaning with age, or a simple, sturdy church spire reaching for the sky, offers a silent testament to the generations who have called Tharptown home.
Live animated radar for Tharptown 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 | Tharptown, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.8028°N, 76.572°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17866 |
| 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 Tharptown, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Tharptown, 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 Tharptown includes coordinates 40.802800°N, 76.572000°W, situated in Northumberland County. ZIP code 17866. 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.
