New Salem, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for New Salem, Armstrong County.
Full aviation weather for New Salem is published on the Punxsutawney Municipal Airport (KN35) 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. 4 airfields within reach of New Salem 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 Salem: Clarion County Airport (KAXQ) 31 km · DuBois Regional Airport (KDUJ) 36 km · Indiana County–Jimmy Stewart Airport (KIDI) 42 km
Conditions reported at KN35 describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at New Salem specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for New Salem.
New Salem lies cradled in a fold of Pennsylvania's Appalachian foothills, where the land begins its gentle, persistent rise towards the Alleghenies. It lies 42.8 miles north-east of Plum, PA (from Plum, PA: bearing 38°T), and is situated 4.6 miles east-south-east of New Bethlehem. The terrain here is a study in muted greens and browns, a patchwork of rolling farmland that breaks into denser woods along the creek beds. Stone fences, weathered by generations of sun and frost, snake across the contours of the hills, marking the boundaries of fields where corn and soybeans sway in the breeze. The air, especially in the early morning, carries a cool, damp scent of turned earth and pine needles, a quiet invitation to breathe deep. It’s a place where the sky feels vast and close at once, its wide expanse often streaked with the pale gold of dawn or the bruised purples of an approaching storm. This particular corner of Armstrong County carries the deep, resonant hum of its past, a history that whispers from the older farmhouses and the quiet dignity of the community. Once a vital artery for the coal and coke industry, the echoes of those industrious days are still felt, though the landscape has largely reclaimed its more pastoral character. The local economy now leans towards agriculture and the steady, if unhurried, work of those who call New Salem home. There are no grand monuments or bustling attractions here, but rather a subtle beauty in the enduring nature of the land and the quiet resilience of its people. The rhythm of life in New Salem is tied to the seasons, to the planting and the harvest, a steady cadence that has shaped generations.
Live animated radar for New Salem 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 | New Salem, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.988122°N, 79.244205°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 16240, 15468, 17408 |
| 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 |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for New Salem, 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 Salem includes coordinates 40.988122°N, 79.244205°W, situated in Armstrong County. ZIP code 16240, 15468, 17408. 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.