Thompson, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Thompson, Beaver County.
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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.
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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 | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
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, 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 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. 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.