Williamsport, Pennsylvania Weather
Williamsport, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Williamsport, Lycoming County.
Full aviation weather for Williamsport is published on the Williamsport Regional Airport (KIPT) page, 7 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 Williamsport 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 Williamsport: William T. Piper Memorial Airport (KLHV) 37 km · Sunbury Airport (K71N) 43 km · Danville Airport (K8N8) 44 km · Penn Valley Airport (KSEG) 48 km · Bloomsburg Municipal Airport (KN13) 55 km
Conditions reported at KIPT describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Williamsport specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Williamsport unfolds along the broad, glacially-sculpted Susquehanna River, a wide, slow artery that dictates the land's gentle inclination. It lies 54.4 miles north-east of State College, PA (from State College, PA: bearing 55°T), and is situated 0.6 miles north of South Williamsport. The city sprawls in a broad embrace between the river and the rising, wooded slopes of the surrounding Appalachian foothills, the green of the Alleghenies a constant, hazy backdrop. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and distant pine, especially in the hushed hours before dawn, when a pearly mist often clings to the riverbanks, softening the edges of the brick buildings and the sturdy, practical architecture of its downtown. This is a place where the land itself feels like a character, its contours shaping the very flow of the streets and the lives lived within them, a quiet testament to geological time and the patient work of water. The legacy of lumber and the railroad is etched into the very bones of Williamsport, a history that once saw this as a bustling hub for timber floated downriver and then shipped out across the nation. The city's economic pulse, once thrumming with the clang of industry, has since diversified, finding new purpose in manufacturing and increasingly, in healthcare and education, anchored by the presence of Lycoming College. Yet, the echoes of its past remain visible, from the grand Victorian homes built by prosperous timber barons to the repurposed industrial buildings that now house galleries and artisan shops. Williamsport also holds a unique claim to fame in the realm of youth baseball, its Little League World Series drawing the world's attention each summer, a vibrant burst of youthful energy that momentarily eclipses the town's otherwise measured pace.
Live animated radar for Williamsport 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 | Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 41.24119°N, 77.001079°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 18042, 17701 |
| 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 Williamsport, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Williamsport, 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 Williamsport includes coordinates 41.241190°N, 77.001079°W, situated in Lycoming County. ZIP code 18042, 17701. 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.
