Ephrata, PA 17522 Weather

Lancaster County5:42 PM EDT40.18°N, 76.18°W
Freeze Watch from 12:00 AM Sat until 9:00 AM Sat

Current conditions

Sunny
64°
Sunny
Feels like 64°
High 64°·Low 42°
WindN 9 mph gusts 18 mph
Humidity41%
Dew point40°
Cloud cover3%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:23 AM
Sunset6:16 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • This Afternoon

    Sunny, with a high near 64. North wind around 12 mph.

  • Tonight

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

  • Friday

    Sunny, with a high near 61. Northeast wind 5 to 8 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 3 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 64°
  2. 6 PM Clear 61°
  3. 7 PM Clear 57°
  4. 8 PM Clear 53°
  5. 9 PM Clear 51°
  6. 10 PM Clear 49°
  7. 11 PM Clear 49°
  8. Fri12 AM Clear 48°
  9. 1 AM Clear 47°
  10. 2 AM Clear 46°
  11. 3 AM Clear 45°
  12. 4 AM Clear 43°
  13. 5 AM Clear 43°
  14. 6 AM Sunny 42°
  15. 7 AM Sunny 42°
  16. 8 AM Sunny 42°
  17. 9 AM Sunny 46°
  18. 10 AM Sunny 52°
  19. 11 AM Sunny 55°
  20. 12 PM Sunny 57°
  21. 1 PM Sunny 58°
  22. 2 PM Sunny 60°
  23. 3 PM Sunny 61°
  24. 4 PM Sunny 61°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 22 Sunny Sunny42°64°
  2. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny33°61°
  3. SatOct 24 Widespread Frost then Sunny Widespread Frost then Sunny36°63°
  4. SunOct 25 Patchy Frost then Sunny Patchy Frost then Sunny38°65°
  5. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny46°69°
  6. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny42°66°
  7. WedOct 28 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny44°63°
  8. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy44°66°
  9. FriOct 30 Sunny Sunny40°56°
  10. SatOct 31 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny36°56°

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

31
Good
Ozone

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

Forecast

  • ThuGood (45)
  • FriModerate (51)
  • SatModerate (55)

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 7:23 AM
Sunset 6:16 PM
Daylight 10 h 52 min (−2 min 29 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 88% lit
Moonrise 4:19 PM Moonset 3:26 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low63° / 43°
Record high86° (2024)
Record low24° (1972)
Wettest1.60 in (1970)
Yesterday67° / 38°
Month to date1.88 in (normal 2.74 in)

Reading Area, records since 1888. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in CTP, issued 3 hrs ago

What Has Changed

* Freeze Watch issued for Friday night for Lancaster and Lebanon Counties.

Key Messages

1) Dry weather continues into the end of October.

Discussion

KEY MESSAGE 1: Dry weather continues into the end of October.

A dry cold frontal passage this evening into tonight will barely be noticeable other than an increase in cloud cover along and behind the front. High pressure builds into the region again behind the front for tomorrow as a pronounced ridge develops over the eastern US. This will keep dry conditions around through at least the beginning of next week with seasonably warm days and chilly nights.

HREF probs of temperatures falling below freezing Friday night are around 50 percent for Lancaster and Lebanon Counties (the only zones where the growing season remains active). This is supported by the NAM MOS guidance which shows temperatures right around 32 in both of those counties. This information, combined with the very favorable set up for efficient radiational cooling, has given us enough confidence to issue a Freeze Watch for Friday night/Saturday morning.

Aviation

Outside of early morning river valley fog and areas of frost, expect solid VFR flying conditions for the vast majority of the time through the weekend and into next week.

A dry cold front will push south across PA later this afternoon and evening and bring an increase in the NNW wind with some minor gustiness into the teens (Central and West) and low 20s (KTS) across the Susq Valley and points East.

Later this evening and through the overnight hours, a SCT-BKN deck of post-frontal stratocumulus will overspread much of central Pennsylvania, with fewer clouds expected over the Lower Susquehanna Valley (KMDT/KLNS) as drier low-level air filters in overnight. The Northern Tier (KBFD) is moderately likely (40-50% chance) to see periods of MVFR ceilings through the night, with lower chances (mainly 15-25%) across the Laurels and central mountains (KJST/KAOO/KUNV/KIPT). Although this cloud deck may linger through the morning and bring intermittent MVFR ceilings over the southwestern airfields (KJST/KAOO) as the area of low-level moisture progresses southwestward, a return to prevailing VFR is otherwise favored.

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