Vandling, Pennsylvania Weather
Vandling, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Vandling, Lackawanna County.
Full aviation weather for Vandling is published on the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (KAVP) page, 39 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 Vandling 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 Vandling: Wilkes Barre Wyoming Valley Airport (KWBW) 49 km · Flying Dollar Airport (K8N4) 50 km · Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport (KMPO) 56 km · Rocky Hill Ultralightport (K48P) 56 km · Sullivan County International Airport (KMSV) 57 km
Conditions reported at KAVP describe the airfield itself. Weather 39 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Vandling specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Vandling.
About Vandling, Pennsylvania
Vandling rests in a valley cupped by the rolling hills of Northeastern Pennsylvania, where the Susquehanna River's tributaries snake through the landscape, their banks often softened by a generous growth of ferns and moss. It lies 18.4 miles north-north-east of Scranton, PA (from Scranton, PA: bearing 33°T), and is situated 4.4 miles north-north-east of Carbondale. The air here, especially in the early morning, carries the damp scent of earth and pine, a cool breath before the sun climbs high enough to warm the slate roofs and weathered clapboard houses that line its quiet streets. Even in summer, a certain stillness pervades Vandling, a gentle pause in the wider world's hurried stride, broken only by the distant rumble of a train or the occasional bark of a dog. The terrain itself, a testament to glacial sculpting, offers a muted beauty, its contours softened by a persistent, verdant growth that climbs the slopes and carpets the valley floor, a quiet insistence of nature reclaiming its own. This corner of Lackawanna County has a history deeply intertwined with the earth's bounty, once echoing with the clang of pickaxes and the steady industry of coal mining that fueled much of the region's growth. Though the mines have long since fallen silent, their legacy persists in the topography, in the veins of darker soil and the occasional abandoned shaft that speaks of a bygone era. The local economy, now more diversified, finds its footing in smaller enterprises and the surrounding agricultural lands, where fields of corn and hay stretch towards the horizon, their colors shifting with the seasons from emerald green to burnished gold. Vandling, a place where the past is never entirely out of sight, carries its heritage not as a burden, but as a quiet foundation, a steady rhythm beneath the everyday hum of life.
Live animated radar for Vandling 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 | Vandling, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 41.633139°N, 75.470461°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 18421 |
| 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 Vandling, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Vandling, 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 Vandling includes coordinates 41.633139°N, 75.470461°W, situated in Lackawanna County. ZIP code 18421. 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.
