Butler, Pennsylvania Weather
Butler, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Butler, Butler County.
Full aviation weather for Butler is published on the Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport (KBTP) page, 10 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Butler have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Butler: Zelienople Municipal Airport (KPJC) 23 km · Grove City Airport (K29D) 39 km · Beaver County Airport (KBVI) 43 km · New Castle Municipal Airport (KUCP) 47 km · Pittsburgh International Airport (KPIT) 50 km
Conditions reported at KBTP describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Butler specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Butler, Pennsylvania
Butler, a place where the Allegheny Plateau begins its gentle descent, unfolds with a landscape of rolling hills and narrow valleys, a terrain shaped by ancient waterways and the steady hand of time. It lies 19.7 miles north-north-east of McCandless, PA (from McCandless, PA: bearing 19°T), and is situated 1.5 miles east-south-east of Homeacre-Lyndora. The air here carries the crispness of the region, a subtle perfume of damp earth after a spring shower and the distant hum of life from the town center. Mature trees, their branches reaching like arthritic fingers towards the sky, punctuate the fields and line the residential streets, offering pockets of cool shade on a warm afternoon. The light, particularly in the late afternoon, casts long, soft shadows that lend a quiet dignity to the brick buildings and the modest, well-tended homes, imbuing Butler with a sense of enduring presence. The story of Butler is deeply intertwined with the industrial might that once pulsed through its veins, a legacy forged in the crucible of iron and steel manufacturing. This economic backbone, though shifted in emphasis, still whispers in the architecture and the resilient spirit of its people, a heritage evident in the sturdy, unpretentious character of the place. The Butler County Historical Society stands as a quiet sentinel to this past, preserving the narratives of innovation and hard work that built the community. Today, while manufacturing remains a thread, the local economy has diversified, embracing sectors that reflect a modern evolution, yet the underlying industriousness, a hallmark of Butler's identity, persists, a steady undercurrent beneath the everyday flow of life.
Live animated radar for Butler and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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| Location | Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.861176°N, 79.895333°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 16001, 16002, 16003 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Butler, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Butler, Pennsylvania, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Butler includes coordinates 40.861176°N, 79.895333°W, situated in Butler County. ZIP code 16001, 16002, 16003. Telephone area code: 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
