New Salem, Pennsylvania Weather
New Salem, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for New Salem, Armstrong County.
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About New Salem, Pennsylvania
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.
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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 | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This New Salem, Pennsylvania Weather Page
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, 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 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. 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.
