Windber, Pennsylvania Weather
Windber, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Windber, Somerset County.
Full aviation weather for Windber is published on the John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport (KJST) 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 Windber 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 Windber: Somerset County Airport (K2G9) 27 km · Bedford County Airport (KHMZ) 32 km · Altoona Blair County Airport (KAOO) 44 km · Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (KLBE) 48 km · Indiana County–Jimmy Stewart Airport (KIDI) 49 km
Conditions reported at KJST describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Windber specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Windber, Pennsylvania
Windber lies in a valley cupped by the rolling, forested hills of Somerset County, where the sky often seems a deeper, more bruised blue after a rain. It lies 30.1 miles south-west of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 230°T), and is situated 7.6 miles south-east of Johnstown. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and pine needles, a constant reminder of the surrounding Appalachian landscape. Streets climb and descend with the topography, lined with houses that have weathered generations, their porches and eaves catching the slanted light of late afternoon. Even in the quietest moments, there's a sense of the land’s presence, a steady, unyielding strength that shapes the very character of Windber. This is a place born of coal, its history deeply entwined with the fortunes and hardships of the mining industry that once dominated its economy. The echoes of pickaxes and the rumble of coal cars still resonate in the town's memory, shaping a resilient spirit. Though the mines have largely fallen silent, their legacy persists in the sturdy frame of the buildings and the enduring grit of its people. Today, Windber looks to a future that embraces its heritage while forging new paths, a transition evident in the small businesses that dot the downtown and the quiet hum of everyday life that unfolds against a backdrop of verdant slopes.
Live animated radar for Windber 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 | Windber, Somerset County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.239799°N, 78.835022°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 15963 |
| 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 Windber, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Windber, 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 Windber includes coordinates 40.239799°N, 78.835022°W, situated in Somerset County. ZIP code 15963. 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.
