Akron, PA Weather Forecast
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Akron, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Akron, PA at a glance
Akron is home to about 4,121 people in Lancaster County, across 1.2 square miles. It ranks 649th by population of 970 places in Pennsylvania with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Ephrata, 2 miles away.
- County
- Lancaster County
- Population
- 4,121 2023 est.
- Land area
- 1.2 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,359
- Forecast point
- 40.1578°N, 76.2034°W
How well can the network see Akron?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDIX (Philadelphia, PA), to the E. Its lowest scan passes about 9,000 ft above Akron. At that range the beam overshoots the base of a storm. If a warning for Akron looks unsupported on radar, trust the warning.
The closest weather station is KLNS (Lancaster Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Akron
- Ephrata, PA2 mi
- West Earl, PA3 mi
- Warwick, PA4 mi
- Lititz, PA5 mi
- Upper Leacock, PA5 mi
- Clay, PA6 mi
- Denver, PA6 mi
- Earl, PA6 mi
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