New Cumberland, Pennsylvania Weather
New Cumberland, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for New Cumberland, Cumberland County.
Full aviation weather for New Cumberland is published on the Capital City Airport (KCXY) page, 3 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 New Cumberland 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 New Cumberland: Harrisburg International Airport (KMDT) 11 km · Donegal Springs Airpark (KN71) 31 km · Muir Army Air Field (Fort Indiantown Gap) Airport (KMUI) 35 km · Deck Airport (K9D4) 49 km · Lancaster Airport (KLNS) 52 km
Conditions reported at KCXY describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at New Cumberland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About New Cumberland, Pennsylvania
New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, unfolds with a quiet grace along the banks of the Susquehanna River, its landscape a gentle conversation between rolling farmland and the broad, silver ribbon of water. It lies 2.9 miles south of Harrisburg, PA (from Harrisburg, PA: bearing 180°T), and is situated 7.3 miles south-west of Lower Paxton. The terrain here, a mosaic of fertile soil and softly undulating hills, lends itself to a life lived in measured steps, where the changing seasons paint the horizon in broad strokes of green, gold, and russet. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, sweet scent of ripening corn and the distant, cool breath of the river, a subtle perfume that clings to the well-kept homes and mature trees lining its streets. Even the light seems to linger a moment longer here, casting long, benevolent shadows as day yields to twilight, imbuing the ordinary with a quiet, almost cinematic beauty. The history of New Cumberland is deeply entwined with the flow of the Susquehanna, a vital artery for commerce and connection since its early days. Founded in the late 18th century, its prosperity was once buoyed by the robust shipping and milling industries, a legacy still visible in the sturdy brick architecture that graces its older neighborhoods. Though the great barges have long since given way to more modern transportation, a spirit of industriousness persists, now channeled into diverse local businesses and a strong sense of community pride. The town’s strategic position has always been its fortune, drawing people and ideas that have shaped its distinctive cultural character, a blend of pragmatic Pennsylvania German heritage and the cosmopolitan whispers carried on the river’s currents.
Live animated radar for New Cumberland 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 | New Cumberland, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.232312°N, 76.884696°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17070 |
| 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 New Cumberland, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for New Cumberland, 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 New Cumberland includes coordinates 40.232312°N, 76.884696°W, situated in Cumberland County. ZIP code 17070. 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.
