Holmes, Pennsylvania Weather
Holmes, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Holmes, Delaware County.
Full aviation weather for Holmes is published on the Philadelphia International Airport (KPHL) page, 7 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 Holmes 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 Holmes: Brandywine Regional Airport (KOQN) 25 km · Cross Keys Airport (K17N) 32 km · Wilmington Airport (KILG) 36 km · Southern Cross Airport (KC01) 37 km · New Garden Airport (KN57) 40 km
Conditions reported at KPHL describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Holmes specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Holmes, Pennsylvania
Holmes unfolds with a quiet dignity, a place where the rolling hills of Delaware County begin their gentle descent towards the Brandywine Creek. It lies 2.5 miles south-west of Upper Darby, PA (from Upper Darby, PA: bearing 228°T), and is situated 8.4 miles west-south-west of Philadelphia. Mature oaks and maples, their branches thick with the accumulated seasons, cast a dappled shade over well-tended lawns and the sturdy brick homes that line its streets. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries the faint, sweet scent of mown grass and the distant hum of life, a sound that seems to rise from the very earth itself. Small, neighborhood parks punctuate the residential landscape, their swings and slides silent witnesses to the ebb and flow of childhood summers, while the wider terrain hints at the fertile soil that has long sustained this corner of Pennsylvania. The history of Holmes is intertwined with the agricultural legacy of the region, a heritage that still whispers in the names of some of its older thoroughfares and the enduring presence of farms on its periphery. While industry has shifted and evolved, the echoes of its past manufacturing endeavors can be discerned in the brickwork and architectural styles of its older buildings. This locality, once a vital stop on routes of commerce, now thrives on a more localized economy, its residents commuting to larger centers or finding work in the service and retail sectors that cater to its growing population. The proximity to educational institutions and the generally accessible nature of Holmes have fostered a character of steady, dependable growth, a place where the past is acknowledged but the present is firmly in focus, under skies that often turn a breathtaking shade of bruised plum at dusk.
Live animated radar for Holmes 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 | Holmes, Delaware County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 39.904279°N, 75.30852°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 19043, 19098 |
| 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 Holmes, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Holmes, 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 Holmes includes coordinates 39.904279°N, 75.308520°W, situated in Delaware County. ZIP code 19043, 19098. 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.
