West Falls, Pennsylvania Weather
West Falls, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for West Falls, Wyoming County.
Full aviation weather for West Falls is published on the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (KAVP) 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. 6 airfields within reach of West Falls 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 West Falls: Wilkes Barre Wyoming Valley Airport (KWBW) 18 km · Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport (KMPO) 54 km · Hazleton Municipal Airport (KHZL) 54 km · Flying Dollar Airport (K8N4) 58 km · Bradford County Airport (KN27) 58 km
Conditions reported at KAVP describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at West Falls specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for West Falls.
About West Falls, Pennsylvania
West Falls rests in a fold of Wyoming County, where the land itself seems to exhale the quietude of ages. It lies 10.7 miles west-north-west of Scranton, PA (from Scranton, PA: bearing 290°T), and is situated 8.8 miles north-west of Old Forge. Rolling hills, cloaked in the deep greens of mixed hardwoods and pine, press in from all sides, their slopes softened by time and the persistent breath of the Susquehanna River. The air here carries a damp, earthy scent, particularly after a rain, mingled with the faint, sweet perfume of unseen wildflowers in the shadowed hollows. The landscape is a study in muted tones, the browns and greys of the soil and rock asserting themselves beneath the verdant canopy, a place where the sky, when it breaks through, seems a particularly profound shade of blue. The Susquehanna, a broad, slow-moving artery, hums its ancient song, its waters reflecting the sky with a mercurial shimmer that can shift from steely grey to a molten gold in the span of an afternoon. The history of West Falls is etched into the very character of its weathered buildings and the quiet industry that still hums along its fringes. Once a vital stop along the river’s trade routes, its economy has long been tied to the land, with pockets of agriculture still clinging to the fertile river bottomlands. The legacy of logging and the mills that once dotted its landscape lingers in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture, hinting at a past of robust labor and a frontier spirit. While larger industries have largely bypassed this particular corner of Pennsylvania, a resilient sense of self-sufficiency persists, a quiet pride in maintaining the local way of life. The rhythm of West Falls is one of measured grace, dictated not by the clamor of progress but by the gentle turning of seasons and the enduring presence of the river.
Live animated radar for West Falls 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 | West Falls, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 41.460633°N, 75.856307°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 18615 |
| 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 West Falls, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Falls, 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 West Falls includes coordinates 41.460633°N, 75.856307°W, situated in Wyoming County. ZIP code 18615. 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.
