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PENNSYLVANIA · SCHUYLKILL COUNTY

Girardville

1,322 people, 980 ft above sea level in Schuylkill County.

980 ftElevation, city center
1,322People, 2024 estimate
1 sq miLand area
Clear 37°
Clear now Dew point 32° · WNW 13 mph · high 38°
City of Girardville River Interstate 2 miles
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The Girardville plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Girardville

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 8:00 PM EST
RIGHT NOW Schuylkill County/Joe Zerbey Airport (KZER) · 8:55 PM
Clear
37° Clear Feels like 29° · high of 38° near 9 PM
WindWNW 13 mphgusts 23
Humidity81%rising to 92% by morning
Pressure29.91 in →steady
Visibility7 mihazy
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 32° · Dryabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Clear
Not this weeknone in the forecast for a week
LIKELY AMOUNT—nothing expected
LAST RAINNov. 60.15 in · 8 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Schuylkill County
NWS State College and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 9:17 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:50 AM4:48 PM ↓
9 h 57 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 27% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
21
GOODAir quality index · ozone
Tomorrow: 15, good. No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 30 to 38°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
38° 34°
0% rain — NW 6 A
SUN Nov. 15 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
45° 31°
10% rain — NNW 7 A
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
50° 29°
0% rain — NNW 6 B
TUE Nov. 17 Sunny Sunny
53° 31°
0% rain — W 1 A
WED Nov. 18 Sunny Sunny
57° 33°
0% rain — W 5 B
THU Nov. 19 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
59° 37°
0% rain — SW 1 B
FRI Nov. 20 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
60° 38°
0% rain — WNW 5 B
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Girardville about 5,000 feet above the ground was over British Columbia three days ago, and over the Great Lakes a day ago, about 2,300 miles back along its path. Near the ground the air came from British Columbia; at 10,000 feet, from the Gulf of Alaska. It feels dry all the same. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Girardville stands on

Girardville’s center stands about 980 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 940 ft to 1,760 ft, a difference of 820 ft: hilly country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Bears Head, about 2,090 ft, 11 miles east-northeast.

The section below crosses 7 rock units mapped at the surface.

Friedensburg to Beaver, cut in half

A section south to north, 24 miles through the town center
1,000 ft1,500 ft GIRARDVILLE980 ftLow point730 ftCass1,140 ftCatawissa Mountain1,960 ftBeaver950 ft ← S · FriedensburgBeaver · N →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 16×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Mauch Chunk Formation

Shale, siltstone, sandstone. Age: Carboniferous, 324 to 359 million years old. About 8 mi of the line.

Llewellyn Formation

Sandstone. Age: Carboniferous, 299 to 324 million years old. About 7 mi of the line.

Pottsville Formation

Sandstone. Age: Carboniferous, 299 to 324 million years old. About 5 mi of the line.

Pocono Formation

Sandstone. Age: Carboniferous, 324 to 359 million years old. About 4 mi of the line.

Sherman Creek Member of Catskill Formation

Siltstone, mudstone. Age: Late Devonian, 359 to 384 million years old. About 0.5 mi of the line.

Spechty Kopf Formation

Sandstone. Age: Devonian to Carboniferous, 324 to 422 million years old. About 0.3 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale. 1 smaller unit along the line are not listed.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Girardville’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Girardville reaches Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean by way of Mahanoy Creek and the Susquehanna: about 160 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Girardville≈ 160 mi · Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean
FROM THE CENTER OF GIRARDVILLE ≈ 160 mi to Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean Mahanoy Creek → Susquehanna

Lake on the way: Lake Aldred.

75 miles of the trip are on the Susquehanna.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Girardville; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Girardville on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Reading PA · 36 MI 36 miles southeast Wilkes-Barre PA · 38 MI 38 miles northeast Philadelphia PA · 81 MI 81 miles southeast Baltimore MD · 104 MI 104 miles south New York NY · 123 MI 123 miles east Washington DC · 136 MI 136 miles south
FORECASTCITY
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PENNSYLVANIA · SCHUYLKILL

Girardville

1,322 people, 980 ft above sea level in Schuylkill County.

980 ftElevation
1,322People
1 sq miLand
Clear 37°
ClearDew point 32°
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Today in Girardville

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly cloudy night 38° 3%
12a partly cloudy night 38° 6%
3a partly cloudy night 36° 0%
6a partly cloudy night 34° 0%
9a partly cloudy day 40° 0%
12p partly cloudy day 44° 1%
Clear
NEXT RAINNone this week
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Girardville stands on

Girardville’s center stands about 980 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 940 ft to 1,760 ft, a difference of 820 ft: hilly country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Bears Head, about 2,090 ft, 11 miles east-northeast.

Girardville, south to north Girardville980 ft ← SN → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 31×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center980 ft
Within 3 miles940 to 1,760 ft
Lie of the landHilly (820 ft of relief)
High point nearbyBears Head, 2,090 ft, 11 mi east-northeast
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Where the rain goes

≈ 160 mito the AtlanticMahanoy Creek → Susquehanna

A raindrop that lands in Girardville reaches Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean by way of Mahanoy Creek and the Susquehanna: about 160 river miles.

Lake on the way: Lake Aldred.

75 miles of the trip are on the Susquehanna.