Mars, Pennsylvania Weather
Mars, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Mars, Butler County.
Full aviation weather for Mars is published on the Zelienople Municipal Airport (KPJC) page, 17 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. 4 airfields within reach of Mars 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 Mars: Pittsburgh International Airport (KPIT) 29 km · Beaver County Airport (KBVI) 33 km · Columbiana County Airport (K02G) 53 km
Conditions reported at KPJC describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mars specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Mars, Pennsylvania
Mars, Pennsylvania, unfolds across a landscape gently sculpted by the persistent flow of Connoquenessing Creek, a ribbon of cool, clear water that threads through rolling terrain. It lies 7.2 miles north of McCandless, PA (from McCandless, PA: bearing 3°T), and is situated 8.7 miles north-north-east of Franklin Park. The land here is a mosaic of verdant pastures, where the occasional herd of cattle grazes under a sky often painted with the soft, bruised hues of approaching twilight. Mature oak and maple trees, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers towards the heavens, line the country roads, offering dappled shade on warm afternoons. The air, particularly after a spring rain, carries the clean, earthy scent of damp soil and freshly cut grass, a refreshing balm against the world's clamor. Even the low hills, not imposing mountains but rather rounded shoulders of the earth, seem to hold a quiet, enduring strength, hinting at the slow, deliberate movements of geology. The very name of Mars, a curious echo of celestial wanderings, belies its grounded reality, an agricultural community that has long sustained itself from the fertile earth. For generations, the rhythm of life in Mars has been dictated by the seasons, by the planting and the harvest, by the quiet hum of tractors in distant fields. While pockets of development have emerged, the essence of Mars remains tied to its rural roots, a place where the local economy still finds significant footing in farming and the small businesses that serve its people. The legacy of this agricultural heritage is visible in the well-maintained barns and silos that dot the horizon, silent sentinels of a bygone era and quiet affirmations of continued resilience.
Live animated radar for Mars 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 | Mars, Butler County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.6959°N, 80.011725°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 16046 |
| 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 Mars, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mars, 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 Mars includes coordinates 40.695900°N, 80.011725°W, situated in Butler County. ZIP code 16046. 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.
