Kelton, Pennsylvania Weather
Kelton, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kelton, Chester County.
Full aviation weather for Kelton is published on the New Garden Airport (KN57) 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 Kelton 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 Kelton: Chester County G O Carlson Airport (KMQS) 19 km · Cecil County Airport (K58M) 26 km · Wilmington Airport (KILG) 27 km · Brandywine Regional Airport (KOQN) 32 km · Summit Airport (KEVY) 35 km
Conditions reported at KN57 describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kelton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kelton.
About Kelton, Pennsylvania
Kelton rests in a fold of Chester County, where the land begins its subtle, rolling descent toward the Brandywine. It lies 9.3 miles north-east of Calvert, MD (from Calvert, MD: bearing 37°T), and is situated 9.7 miles west of Hockessin. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, earthy scent, a mixture of damp soil and ripening corn, and the light seems to mellow, casting long, soft shadows across the fields. Farms, some still active with the lowing of cattle and the hum of tractors, punctuate the landscape, their barns weathered to a warm, silvery grey, standing sentinel against the broad, ever-changing sky. The roads, often lined with old stone walls and mature oak trees, wind through this gentle terrain, connecting scattered homes and the quiet heart of Kelton itself. The history of Kelton is tied to the agricultural pulse of southeastern Pennsylvania, a region that has long cultivated its bounty. For generations, its economy has been shaped by the cycles of planting and harvest, with the local landscape bearing the imprint of this enduring connection to the earth. While no grand pronouncements mark its founding, Kelton has always been a place where the business of everyday life, the tending of land and livestock, has formed its distinctive character. The quiet diligence of its residents, the steady rhythm of seasons dictating the pace, is what truly defines this part of Chester County, a place where the past is not a relic but a living foundation.
Live animated radar for Kelton 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Kelton, Chester County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 39.80872°N, 75.877998°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 19390, 19346 |
| 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 Kelton, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kelton, 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 Kelton includes coordinates 39.808720°N, 75.877998°W, situated in Chester County. ZIP code 19390, 19346. 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.
