Altoona, PA Weather Forecast
Blair County, Pennsylvania
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Altoona, 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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Altoona, PA at a glance
Altoona is home to about 42,788 people in Blair County, across 9.8 square miles. It ranks 20th by population of 970 places in Pennsylvania with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Logan, 2 miles away.
- County
- Blair County
- Population
- 42,788 2023 est.
- Land area
- 9.8 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 4,370
- Forecast point
- 40.5081°N, 78.4011°W
How well can the network see Altoona?
The nearest Doppler radar is KCCX (State College, PA), to the NE. Its lowest scan passes about 2,300 ft above Altoona. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Altoona is closer to its radar than 63% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KAOO (Altoona/Blair Cnty). Far enough that current conditions for Altoona are a reading from somewhere else.
Forecasts near Altoona
- Logan, PA2 mi
- Hollidaysburg, PA5 mi
- Allegheny, PA5 mi
- Frankstown, PA6 mi
- Blair, PA8 mi
- Antis, PA9 mi
- Freedom, PA11 mi
- Tyrone, PA14 mi
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