Newtown, Pennsylvania Weather
Newtown, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Newtown, Greene County.
Full aviation weather for Newtown is published on the Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field (KMGW) 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 Newtown 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 Newtown: Greene County Airport (KWAY) 21 km · Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville Airport (KVVS) 35 km · Fairmont Municipal Airport Frankman Field (K4G7) 38 km · Washington County Airport (KAFJ) 50 km · Rostraver Airport (KFWQ) 52 km
Conditions reported at KMGW describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Newtown specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Newtown.
About Newtown, Pennsylvania
Newtown sits in a fold of Greene County, where the land rises and falls with a quiet persistence, as if the earth itself exhales in slow, green breaths. It lies 8.8 miles north of Morgantown, WV (from Morgantown, WV: bearing 355°T), and is situated 8.5 miles north-west of Cheat Lake. Rolling hills, softened by the passage of seasons, cradle the settlement. The air here carries the scent of damp soil and the distant, sweet perfume of ripening corn, a fragrance that clings to the afternoon light as it slants across the fields. The houses, some with paint faded to the pale hues of old wood, cluster together, their porches offering a place to watch the slow drift of clouds. Beyond the town's edge, dense woodlands begin their patient reclamation, their shadows deepening as the day wears on, hinting at the wilder country that surrounds Newtown. This place has long been shaped by the land and the labor it demands. The economy, once tied to the earth's bounty, still feels the echo of agricultural rhythms, though industry has left its own marks. The gentle slopes that define Newtown's character also speak of coal seams mined long ago, their presence now a subtle undercurrent in the region's history. Small businesses, quietly serving the needs of the residents, form the core of daily commerce, their signs weathered but their doors always open. There's a sense of continuity here, a feeling that the lives lived in Newtown are connected to those who came before, their stories etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring spirit of the land itself.
Live animated radar for Newtown 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 | Newtown, Greene County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 39.757023°N, 79.969782°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17981, 15145, 18702, 18940 |
| 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 Newtown, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Newtown, 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 Newtown includes coordinates 39.757023°N, 79.969782°W, situated in Greene County. ZIP code 17981, 15145, 18702, 18940. 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.
