Lancaster, PA 17601 Weather

Lancaster County3:50 PM EDT40.08°N, 76.31°W

Current conditions

Clear
68°
Clear
Feels like 68°
High 71°·Low 42°
WindN 11 mph
Humidity37%
Dew point41°
Pressure30.23 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover0%
UV index3 Moderate
Sunrise7:22 AM
Sunset6:20 PM

Observed at Lancaster, Lancaster Airport · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • This Afternoon

    Sunny, with a high near 71. North wind 6 to 9 mph.

  • Tonight

    Clear, with a low around 42. North wind around 7 mph.

  • Wednesday

    Sunny, with a high near 67. North wind 3 to 8 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 3 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 69°
  2. 4 PM Sunny 71°
  3. 5 PM Sunny 67°
  4. 6 PM Clear 64°
  5. 7 PM Clear 60°
  6. 8 PM Clear 56°
  7. 9 PM Clear 54°
  8. 10 PM Clear 53°
  9. 11 PM Clear 51°
  10. Wed12 AM Clear 50°
  11. 1 AM Clear 48°
  12. 2 AM Clear 47°
  13. 3 AM Clear 47°
  14. 4 AM Clear 44°
  15. 5 AM Clear 43°
  16. 6 AM Sunny 43°
  17. 7 AM Sunny 42°
  18. 8 AM Sunny 43°
  19. 9 AM Sunny 47°
  20. 10 AM Sunny 52°
  21. 11 AM Sunny 55°
  22. 12 PM Sunny 57°
  23. 1 PM Sunny 60°
  24. 2 PM Sunny 62°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 20 Sunny Sunny42°71°
  2. WedOct 21 Sunny Sunny39°67°
  3. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny39°67°
  4. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny37°60°
  5. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny37°60°
  6. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny43°66°
  7. MonOct 26 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny48°69°
  8. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny41°62°
  9. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy0.02 in36°52°
  10. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy0.09 in47°64°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

37
Good
Ozone

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • TueGood (49)
  • WedGood (45)
  • ThuGood

Susquehanna Valley, PA reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:22 AM
Sunset 6:20 PM
Daylight 10 h 58 min (−2 min 30 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 71% lit
Moonrise 3:33 PM Moonset 1:19 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Record high79° (2016)
Record low29° (2008)
Wettest0.34 in (1999)

Lancaster Airport, records since 1999. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in CTP, issued 8 hrs ago

What Has Changed

* No changes

Key Messages

1) An extended stretch of dry and seasonable weather continues through the rest of this week

Discussion

KEY MESSAGE 1: An extended stretch of dry and seasonable weather continues through the rest of this week

330 AM Update... Surface Temp/Dewpoint spreads of a few to several degrees were helping to greatly minimize the development of valley fog so far early today.

Aside from an ill-defined, weak cold front moving SE from the Lower Glakes region with nothing more than some shallow sct-bkn strato cu (topped by some areas of thin cirrus) across the NW Mtns during the second half of this morning, skies will stay clear under persistent high pressure over the Northeast U.S.

This dominant weather feature will continue our stretch of dry weather with seasonable temperatures for the rest of this week.

Temperatures to start the day today will range from near 30 degrees throughout the perennial cold spots in Central and Northern PA to the mid 30s and lower 40s in the south.

Patchy frost will be possible in the coldest spots across the Lower Susquehanna Valley where Lancaster and Lebanon Counties are still hanging onto the growing season based on the absence of widespread sub-freezing temps so far.

Aviation

High pressure and very dry air are allowing for continued dry conditions and clear skies across the majority of the forecast area this morning. VFR conditions are virtually certain through 06Z Wednesday at all of central Pennsylvania's airfields. Winds are beginning to pick up in response to the coastal storm off the Atlantic Coast as it slowly slides northward. The general trend will be increasing northerly wind gusts throughout the day, with maximum winds/gusts peaking across western terminals in the 5-10KT range, while some of the eastern terminals (highest confidence at MDT/LNS) will top out closer to 15KT this afternoon/evening. HREF ensemble guidance (which has shown fair skill in honing in *where* fog will form the past couple of days) has started to outline the northern tier for some chances of fog formation between 06-12Z Wednesday, which will bring some chances for lower flight categories (IFR and below) to the northern airfields (BFD/IPT/UNV) in that timeframe. Confidence remains too low (~20-30%) for inclusion in the 12Z TAF package, but something to keep an eye on in future TAF sets given it appears that conditions will be fairly drastic with respect to prevailing VFR OR IFR/VLIFR.

Wed-Sat...Patchy AM fog and frost possible in the north and west; otherwise, VFR conditions will prevail.

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