Monessen, Pennsylvania Weather
Monessen, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Monessen, Westmoreland County.
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About Monessen, Pennsylvania
Monessen sprawls along the western bank of the Monongahela River, a ribbon of steel and brick tracing the contours of the land. It lies 14.7 miles south-south-east of Bethel Park, PA (from Bethel Park, PA: bearing 147°T), and is situated 4.4 miles west-south-west of Rostraver. The terrain here rises in a series of hills, their slopes softened by the persistent green of deciduous trees, their summits often shrouded in a wispy, characteristic Pennsylvania mist that lends a perpetual, ethereal glow to the late afternoon. Down in the valley, the river itself, a broad, muddy artery, hums with the infrequent passage of barges, their low thrumming a bass note against the more insistent chirping of unseen insects in the overgrown lots and the distant, metallic sigh of industry. Even the air carries a certain weight, a faint, earthy scent mingled with the ghost of coal smoke, a reminder of generations past. The very bones of Monessen were forged in the crucible of heavy industry, its founding tied intrinsically to the steel mills that once dominated the skyline, their towering structures now largely dismantled, leaving behind skeletal remains that stand as silent sentinels to a bygone era. For decades, this was a town that lived and breathed by the rhythm of the furnace and the clang of hammers, its economy inextricably linked to the fortunes of coal and iron. While the grand edifices of steel have receded, the spirit of resilience, that quiet, determined grit, endures, palpable in the well-worn sidewalks and the stoic facades of the older buildings. The river, once a highway for raw materials and finished goods, still offers a connection to the wider world, a constant, murmuring presence that has witnessed the ebb and flow of Monessen's fortunes.
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| Location | Monessen, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.148405°N, 79.887825°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 15062 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Monessen, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Monessen, Pennsylvania, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Monessen includes coordinates 40.148405°N, 79.887825°W, situated in Westmoreland County. ZIP code 15062. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
