Kerr, Pennsylvania Weather
Kerr, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kerr, Armstrong County.
Full aviation weather for Kerr is published on the Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport (KBTP) page, 26 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 Kerr 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 Kerr: Zelienople Municipal Airport (KPJC) 44 km · Inter County Airport (K31D) 46 km · Indiana County–Jimmy Stewart Airport (KIDI) 47 km · Allegheny County Airport (KAGC) 49 km · Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (KLBE) 55 km
Conditions reported at KBTP describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kerr specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kerr.
About Kerr, Pennsylvania
Kerr lies in a hollow where the land begins to gather itself into the low, rolling hills of western Pennsylvania, a place where the sky often seems a vast, bruised watercolor after a rain. It lies 17.1 miles north-north-east of Plum, PA (from Plum, PA: bearing 19°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north of Allegheny Township. The terrain is a quilt of fields, stitched with the dark green of pine stands and the brighter emerald of summer pastures, crisscrossed by narrow roads that hug the contours of the earth. Here, the air carries the scent of damp soil and woodsmoke, especially as the sun begins its slow descent, painting the western horizon in hues of apricot and rose. The houses, mostly modest and weathered, cluster along the hollow’s floor, their porches often adorned with rocking chairs that seem to hold the quiet conversations of generations. The history of Kerr is etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring legacy of its agricultural roots and the industry that once pulsed through this valley. For decades, farming was the lifeblood, the broad fields yielding crops that fed families and communities, a tradition that still lingers in the sturdy barns and the practiced hands that work the land. Remnants of a coal mining past also whisper in the landscape, a reminder of a different era when the earth was probed for its darker treasures. Today, the economy finds its footing in a more diversified approach, with some residents commuting to larger centers while others maintain the connection to the soil, their lives a testament to resilience and a deep understanding of this particular corner of Armstrong County.
Live animated radar for Kerr 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 | Kerr, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.734787°N, 79.645048°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 16229 |
| 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 Kerr, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kerr, 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 Kerr includes coordinates 40.734787°N, 79.645048°W, situated in Armstrong County. ZIP code 16229. Telephone area code: 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878. Timezone: Eastern Time.
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.
