Salona, Pennsylvania Weather
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Salona weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
Conditions updated 1:50 AM EDT · Open-Meteo
- TodaySep 21Drizzle later43%0.04″69°57°—
- TuesdaySep 22Drizzle61%0.14″66°52°-3°
- WednesdaySep 23Light Drizzle12%—66°48°0°
- ThursdaySep 24Overcast——65°42°-1°
- FridaySep 25Overcast13%—69°40°+4°
- SaturdaySep 26Overcast15%—69°55°0°
- SundaySep 27Light Drizzle—0.01″70°49°+1°
Air quality now AQI 34 · Good
AQI 34 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 6.6 µg/m³, PM10 at 6.8 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 35. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.
- Present
- AQI 35
- UV peak
- 3.3 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- overcast
- Projected peak
- AQI 8
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 6.6 µg/m³, PM10 at 6.8 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.97
- Wind
- light
- Recent rain
- 1h in last 6h
- Pattern
- background
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
September dries up ditches or breaks down bridges.
- Moonrise
- 4:45 PM
- Moonset
- 1:25 AM
- In sign
- ♑︎ Capricorn
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Salona at a glance
- Today vs. normal: Today averages 63°F (high 69°F, low 57°F), about the 62°F normal for Sep 21
- Last frost: April 30 (1991–2020 median, NOAA station 6 km away)
- Microseason: Sep 21–25
- Planting calendar: September — plant garlic (overwinter); harvest tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, winter squash
15-Day Forecast — Salona
- Mon69°57°43%
- Tue66°52°61%
- Wed66°48°12%
- Thu65°42°8%
- Fri69°40°13%
- Sat69°55°15%
- Sun70°49°6%
- Mon64°53°6%
- Tue62°55°9%
- Wed69°57°23%
- Thu67°48°15%
- Fri69°44°19%
- Sat73°49°16%
- Sun77°53°29%
- Mon75°55°23%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Fall planting + final harvests
As of September 21, the season's first frost (typically October 20) is approaching. Pick what frost-tender plants still carry before the next cold front. This city's planting calendar for September: plant garlic (overwinter); harvest tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, and winter squash.
Sun & seasons in Salona
Salona sits in Clinton County, where the year’s longest day runs 15h 8m of daylight and its shortest just 9h 13m — a swing of +5h 55m between the June and December solstices. Clocks spring forward on Sunday, March 8, 2026 and fall back on Sunday, November 1, 2026.
Philadelphia, the state’s largest city, lies about 143 miles to the ESE. The nearest town Salona tracks is Harrisburg, roughly 63 miles to the SSE.
Planting calendar
| Month | Plant | Harvest |
|---|---|---|
| April | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes | — |
| May | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes, tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash | lettuce, spinach, radishes |
| June | tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes |
| July | tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash | lettuce, peas, spinach, beans, summer squash, garlic |
| August | beans, squash, fall brassicas, carrots | tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, winter squash, garlic |
| September | garlic (overwinter) | tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, winter squash |
| October | — | tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, winter squash, fall brassicas, carrots |
| November | — | fall brassicas, carrots |
A year in weather
July is Salona's warmest stretch (~73°F) and January its coldest (~27°F); precipitation crests in September at 4.3 inches and ebbs in February to 2.1 inches.
| Month | Mean temp | Precip | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27° | 2.8″ | 12 |
| February | 29° | 2.1″ | 10 |
| March | 37° | 3.1″ | 11 |
| April | 49° | 3.6″ | 12 |
| May | 60° | 4.0″ | 13 |
| June | 69° | 3.8″ | 12 |
| July | 73° | 4.1″ | 11 |
| August | 71° | 4.2″ | 11 |
| September | 64° | 4.3″ | 11 |
| October | 52° | 3.8″ | 11 |
| November | 41° | 3.0″ | 11 |
| December | 32° | 3.0″ | 12 |
Regional context
Similar climates Mackeyville, PA, Mill Hall, PA, Rote, PA
In Salona, NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals put January near 27°F and July near 73°F — a 46°F seasonal arc — with about 41.7 inches of precipitation over 136 rainy or snowy days.
Precipitation in Salona runs summer-dominant: September averages 4.3 inches across 10.6 days of warm-season storms, while February drops to 2.1 inches over 9.8 rainy days of drier cool air. That puts Salona in a summer-convective cohort with places like Mackeyville, PA, Mill Hall, PA and Rote, PA.
Around April 30, Salona sheds its freezing nights — kale, peas, spinach, and parsnips go into Salona's beds. Salona's heat-lovers — tomatoes, peppers, squash — hold off until Salona's frost risk clears, 10-14 days on. The season ends by October 20 in Salona, once hard frosts set back in. That date is a median: Salona freezes sooner in half of years.
Similar climates: Mackeyville, PA, Mill Hall, PA, Rote, PA, Flemington, PA, Lock Haven, PA.
Frequently asked
- When does it freeze in Salona?
- In Salona, expect the last spring frost near April 30; Salona's first autumn frost comes around October 20.
- What is the rainy season in Salona?
- Salona sees its heaviest rain in September (around 4.3 inches), part of roughly 42 inches a year.
- What is the warmest month in Salona?
- On average July tops the year in Salona at about 73°F.
- What is the coldest month in Salona?
- The coldest stretch in Salona falls in January, around 27°F on average.
- When can I start a vegetable garden in Salona?
- In Salona, sow peas and hardy greens around April 30; Salona's tomatoes and peppers wait two weeks more.
- How many rainy days does Salona get?
- Salona records around 136 days of measurable precipitation annually.
- What hardiness zone is Salona?
- With January around 27°F, Salona's zone reflects that minimum — the USDA ZIP map confirms Salona's band.
- What is the 10-day forecast for Salona?
- Salona's extended outlook — daily high and low temperatures and precipitation chances for each upcoming day — is in the daily forecast above.
- Will it rain this week in Salona?
- See this week's day-by-day rain chances for Salona in the daily forecast above, and the next 24 hours in the hourly chart.
- What is the weather like right now in Salona?
- Current conditions for Salona and the next 24 hours — temperature, precipitation chance, and wind by the hour — are in the hourly forecast chart above.
- How often is the Salona forecast updated?
- The Salona forecast on this page is built from Open-Meteo weather-model data and refreshes regularly through the day.
- When are sunrise and sunset in Salona?
- Today's sunrise and sunset times for Salona are in the Almanac section above, along with civil dawn, civil dusk, and day length. Day length is longest near the summer solstice and shortest near the winter solstice.
- How accurate is the weather forecast for Salona?
- The next few days in Salona's forecast are the most reliable; accuracy declines beyond about a week as weather-model uncertainty grows.
Salona sits at 41.1°N; its climate zone is warm-summer humid continental (Köppen approximation).
ZIP codes in Salona
- 17751