Vanderbilt, Pennsylvania Weather
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Vanderbilt weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 4Overcast——84°55°—
- FridayJun 5Overcast——86°59°+2°
- SaturdayJun 6Light Showers85%—84°60°-2°
- SundayJun 7Light Showers85%—80°64°-4°
- MondayJun 8Overcast——85°60°+5°
- TuesdayJun 9Overcast10%—88°63°+3°
- WednesdayJun 10Overcast15%—85°62°-3°
PM2.5 at 10.8 µg/m³ (AQI 54) with a 0.97 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust. AQI down 26 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply.
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 38 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 12 by mid-afternoon.
- Present
- AQI 38
- UV peak
- 3.3 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- partly cloudy
- Projected peak
- AQI 12
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 10.8 µg/m³ (AQI 54) with a 0.97 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.97
- Wind
- calm
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
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).
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
- Moonrise
- 3:47 AM
- Moonset
- 1:18 PM
- In sign
- ♑︎ Capricorn
Fireflies rise from the lawn
Vanderbilt at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 14°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 16 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jun 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of June 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.