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Heat the Southwest; Fire Weather in the Central U.S.; Kona Low Impacting Hawaii

A rare March heat wave is ongoing with much above-normal temperatures over the Southwest U.S. through this weekend. Periods of critical fire weather will persist from the central Rockies to the central and southern Plains through the weekend as gusty winds and low relative humidity continue. A Kona low will continue to bring several rounds of moderate to heavy rainfall to Hawaii through Sunday. Read More >

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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
918 AM EDT Tue Mar 17 2026

...HIGHEST WIND REPORTS...

Location Speed Time/Date Provider

...Pennsylvania...

...Adams County...
Cashtown 50 MPH 0855 PM 03/16 CWOP
Gettysburg 44 MPH 0757 PM 03/16 CWOP
Fairfield 41 MPH 0855 PM 03/16 DAVIS

...Blair County...
Altoona-Blair County Airport 53 MPH 0453 AM 03/17 AWOS
WILLIAMSBURG 40 MPH 0439 AM 03/17 CWOP

...Cambria County...
Johnstown Airport 51 MPH 0156 AM 03/17 ASOS
1 E Cresson 48 MPH 0125 AM 03/17 PADOT

...Centre County...
1 NE Port Matilda 42 MPH 1050 AM 03/16 PADOT
PSU Golf Course WxSTEM 40 MPH 0520 AM 03/17 MESOWEST

...Clearfield County...
Clearfield Airport 40 MPH 1000 AM 03/16 ASOS

...Clinton County...
Coffin Rock 44 MPH 1216 AM 03/17 RAWS

...Cumberland County...
Carlisle 40 MPH 0817 PM 03/16 CWOP

...Dauphin County...
Harrisburg Intl Airport 52 MPH 0950 PM 03/16 ASOS
Hummelstown 42 MPH 0921 PM 03/16 CWOP

...Franklin County...
1 NNW Marion 40 MPH 0140 AM 03/17 PADOT

...Fulton County...
2 S Crystal Springs 48 MPH 0725 PM 03/16 PADOT

...Juniata County...
3 S Alfarata 45 MPH 0950 PM 03/16 PADOT

...Lancaster County...
Lancaster Airport 66 MPH 1015 PM 03/16 ASOS
West Lancaster 46 MPH 0943 PM 03/16 CWOP
MOUNT JOY 45 MPH 0955 PM 03/16 CWOP
Ephrata 44 MPH 0950 PM 03/16 DAVIS
Elizabethtown 43 MPH 0955 PM 03/16 CWOP
E PETERSBURG 41 MPH 0955 PM 03/16 CWOP

...Lebanon County...
Muir Airfield Ft. Indiantown 54 MPH 0946 PM 03/16 AWOS
Palmyra 41 MPH 0936 PM 03/16 CWOP

...Lycoming County...
Williamsport Airport 51 MPH 0704 PM 03/16 ASOS

...McKean County...
Bradford Airport 43 MPH 0345 AM 03/17 ASOS

...Schuylkill County...
Joe Zerbey Airport 45 MPH 0835 PM 03/16 AWOS
Bears Head 44 MPH 0208 PM 03/16 RAWS
2 N Tremont 41 MPH 0905 PM 03/16 PADOT

...Snyder County...
Selinsgrove 40 MPH 0325 PM 03/16 ASOS

...Somerset County...
Ogletown 46 MPH 0840 PM 03/16 PADOT
2 NNE Garrett 45 MPH 0105 AM 03/17 PADOT
Somerset 45 MPH 0125 AM 03/17 CWOP
Somerset Airport 41 MPH 0235 AM 03/17 AWOS

...Tioga County...
Wellsboro Airport 41 MPH 0335 AM 03/17 AWOS

...York County...
Shrewsbury 47 MPH 0725 PM 03/16 PADOT
York Airport 46 MPH 0936 PM 03/16 ASOS
Capitol City Airport 45 MPH 0836 PM 03/16 ASOS
&&

**METADATA**
:3/16/2026,0855 PM, PA, Adams, Fairfield, , , 39.7583, -77.3515, PKGUST, 41, mph, DAVIS, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/16/2026,0757 PM, PA, Adams, Gettysburg, , , 39.7832, -77.2687, PKGUST, 44, mph, CWOP, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/16/2026,0855 PM, PA, Adams, Cashtown, , , 39.88, -77.35, PKGUST, 50, mph, CWOP, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/17/2026,0439 AM, PA, Blair, WILLIAMSBURG, , , 40.4173, -78.2613, PKGUST, 40, mph, CWOP, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/17/2026,0453 AM, PA, Blair, Altoona-Blair County Airport, , , 40.2999, -78.3168, PKGUST, 53, mph, AWOS, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/17/2026,0125 AM, PA, Cambria, 1 E Cresson, , , 40.4614, -78.5654, PKGUST, 48, mph, PADOT, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/17/2026,0156 AM, PA, Cambria, Johnstown Airport, , , 40.3167, -78.8333, PKGUST, 51, mph, ASOS, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/17/2026,0520 AM, PA, Centre, PSU Golf Course WxSTEM, , , 40.7882, -77.8842, PKGUST, 40, mph, MESOWEST, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/16/2026,1050 AM, PA, Centre, 1 NE Port Matilda, , , 40.8109, -78.0397, PKGUST, 42, mph, PADOT, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/16/2026,1000 AM, PA, Clearfield, Clearfield Airport, , , 41.05, -78.4167, PKGUST, 40, mph, ASOS, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/17/2026,1216 AM, PA, Clinton, Coffin Rock, , , 41.2378, -77.7517, PKGUST, 44, mph, RAWS, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/16/2026,0817 PM, PA, Cumberland, Carlisle, , , 40.2908, -77.0823, PKGUST, 40, mph, CWOP, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/16/2026,0921 PM, PA, Dauphin, Hummelstown, , , 40.3185, -76.6908, PKGUST, 42, mph, CWOP, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/16/2026,0950 PM, PA, Dauphin, Harrisburg Intl Airport, , , 40.2, -76.7667, PKGUST, 52, mph, ASOS, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/17/2026,0140 AM, PA, Franklin, 1 NNW Marion, , , 39.8762, -77.6773, PKGUST, 40, mph, PADOT, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/16/2026,0725 PM, PA, Fulton, 2 S Crystal Springs, , , 39.8851, -78.2437, PKGUST, 48, mph, PADOT, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/16/2026,0950 PM, PA, Juniata, 3 S Alfarata, , , 40.6055, -77.4699, PKGUST, 45, mph, PADOT, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/16/2026,0955 PM, PA, Lancaster, E PETERSBURG, , , 40.0922, -76.3425, PKGUST, 41, mph, CWOP, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/16/2026,0955 PM, PA, Lancaster, Elizabethtown, , , 40.1467, -76.5857, PKGUST, 43, mph, CWOP, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/16/2026,0950 PM, PA, Lancaster, Ephrata, , , 40.2212, -76.2327, PKGUST, 44, mph, DAVIS, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/16/2026,0955 PM, PA, Lancaster, MOUNT JOY, , , 40.1177, -76.5377, PKGUST, 45, mph, CWOP, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/16/2026,0943 PM, PA, Lancaster, West Lancaster, , , 40.032, -76.3572, PKGUST, 46, mph, CWOP, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/16/2026,1015 PM, PA, Lancaster, Lancaster Airport, , , 40.1167, -76.3, PKGUST, 66, mph, ASOS, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/16/2026,0936 PM, PA, Lebanon, Palmyra, , , 40.2235, -76.5682, PKGUST, 41, mph, CWOP, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/16/2026,0946 PM, PA, Lebanon, Muir Airfield Ft. Indiantown Gap, , , 40.4167, -76.5667, PKGUST, 54, mph, AWOS, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/16/2026,0704 PM, PA, Lycoming, Williamsport Airport, , , 41.25, -76.9167, PKGUST, 51, mph, ASOS, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/17/2026,0345 AM, PA, McKean, Bradford Airport, , , 41.8, -78.6333, PKGUST, 43, mph, ASOS, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/16/2026,0905 PM, PA, Schuylkill, 2 N Tremont, , , 40.6666, -76.3885, PKGUST, 41, mph, PADOT, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/16/2026,0208 PM, PA, Schuylkill, Bears Head, , , 40.8094, -76.011, PKGUST, 44, mph, RAWS, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/16/2026,0835 PM, PA, Schuylkill, Joe Zerbey Airport, , , 40.7, -76.3666, PKGUST, 45, mph, AWOS, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/16/2026,0325 PM, PA, Snyder, Selinsgrove, , , 40.8167, -76.8667, PKGUST, 40, mph, ASOS, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/17/2026,0235 AM, PA, Somerset, Somerset Airport, , , 40.0333, -79.0167, PKGUST, 41, mph, AWOS, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/17/2026,0105 AM, PA, Somerset, 2 NNE Garrett, , , 39.9007, -79.0457, PKGUST, 45, mph, PADOT, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/17/2026,0125 AM, PA, Somerset, Somerset, , , 40.0738, -79.17, PKGUST, 45, mph, CWOP, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/16/2026,0840 PM, PA, Somerset, Ogletown, , , 40.194, -78.69, PKGUST, 46, mph, PADOT, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/17/2026,0335 AM, PA, Tioga, Wellsboro Airport, , , 41.7333, -77.4, PKGUST, 41, mph, AWOS, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/16/2026,0836 PM, PA, York, Capitol City Airport, , , 40.2167, -76.85, PKGUST, 45, mph, ASOS, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/16/2026,0936 PM, PA, York, York Airport, , , 39.9167, -76.8833, PKGUST, 46, mph, ASOS, Peak Wind Gust,
:3/16/2026,0725 PM, PA, York, Shrewsbury, , , 39.7717, -76.6679, PKGUST, 47, mph, PADOT, Peak Wind Gust,

Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying
equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers
for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official.

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