McDonald, Pennsylvania Weather
McDonald, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for McDonald, Washington County.
Full aviation weather for McDonald is published on the Pittsburgh International Airport (KPIT) page, 13 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 McDonald 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 McDonald: Washington County Airport (KAFJ) 26 km · Jefferson County Airpark (K2G2) 39 km · Wheeling Ohio County Airport (KHLG) 41 km · Beaver County Airport (KBVI) 47 km · Columbiana County Airport (K02G) 48 km
Conditions reported at KPIT describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at McDonald specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About McDonald, Pennsylvania
McDonald rests in a hollow where gentle hills, cloaked in the varied greens of deciduous forests, embrace the land. It lies 9.8 miles west of Mount Lebanon, PA (from Mount Lebanon, PA: bearing 276°T), and is situated 3.8 miles west-north-west of South Fayette. The air here, especially after a summer shower, carries the clean scent of damp earth and the faint, sweet perfume of unseen wildflowers. Creeks, fed by the abundant rainfall of this region, thread their way through the landscape, their waters a cool, murmuring presence beneath the canopy of oak and maple. The terrain is a subtle undulation, a landscape that does not shout its presence but rather invites a slow, observant gaze, revealing its contours with the shifting light. The history of McDonald is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people and the land that has sustained them. Once a vital stop along the Pennsylvania Railroad, the echoes of its industrial past linger in the weathered brick of old warehouses and the quiet persistence of local businesses. The economy, once driven by coal and steel, now finds its footing in a more diversified approach, with small manufacturing firms and service industries contributing to the town's steady pulse. The nearby countryside, a patchwork of farms and woodlands, continues to shape the character of McDonald, offering a quiet backdrop to the daily lives of its residents, a reminder of the deep roots that hold this place firm.
Live animated radar for McDonald 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 | McDonald, Washington County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.370902°N, 80.234781°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 15057 |
| 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 McDonald, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for McDonald, 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 McDonald includes coordinates 40.370902°N, 80.234781°W, situated in Washington County. ZIP code 15057. 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.
