Thompson, Pennsylvania Weather
Thompson, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Thompson, Beaver County.
Full aviation weather for Thompson is published on the Beaver County Airport (KBVI) page, 8 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 Thompson 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 Thompson: Zelienople Municipal Airport (KPJC) 13 km · Columbiana County Airport (K02G) 31 km · Pittsburgh International Airport (KPIT) 36 km · Koons Airport (K8G8) 48 km · Salem Airpark Inc Airport (K38D) 48 km
Conditions reported at KBVI describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Thompson specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Thompson.
About Thompson, Pennsylvania
Thompson lies in a place where the land begins to speak in the language of hills and hollows, a gentle rise and fall that suggests the slow, deliberate work of water and time. It lies 21.7 miles north-west of McCandless, PA (from McCandless, PA: bearing 314°T), and is situated 7.8 miles north-north-east of Brighton. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a subtle dampness, a promise of the rich soil that cradles the scattered homes and farms. Fields, some neatly squared off for cultivation, others a wilder green, climb the slopes, their edges softened by the encroaching woods that wear the muted greens and browns of the season. The sky overhead, often a pale, luminous blue, seems to stretch further here, allowing the eye to follow the sweep of the terrain, a landscape that feels both familiar and profoundly quiet. The story of Thompson is deeply entwined with the legacy of industry that once pulsed through these valleys, a past that still whispers in the quietude. Coal mining, though largely gone now, left its mark, shaping the very contours of the land and the hardy character of its people. The local economy has shifted, finding new footing in agriculture and the quiet hum of small businesses that serve the surrounding countryside. You can still see the old railroad beds, faint scars on the landscape, hinting at a time when freight cars rumbled through, carrying the bounty of this region to distant markets. This is a place where the past is not so much buried as it is woven into the present, a quiet persistence that lends Thompson its enduring grace.
Live animated radar for Thompson 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 | Thompson, Beaver County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.811175°N, 80.315896°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 15010, 18465 |
| 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 Thompson, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Thompson, 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 Thompson includes coordinates 40.811175°N, 80.315896°W, situated in Beaver County. ZIP code 15010, 18465. 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.
