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, Lehigh County.
Full aviation weather for Newtown is published on the Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport (KXLL) page, 15 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: Lehigh Valley International Airport (KABE) 22 km · Quakertown Airport (KUKT) 27 km · Jake Arner Memorial Airport (K22N) 30 km · Reading Regional Airport (Carl A Spaatz Field) (KRDG) 32 km · Pottstown Municipal Airport (KN47) 32 km
Conditions reported at KXLL describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 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 breathes with a quiet persistence, a place where the rolling terrain of Lehigh County gently softens into a tapestry of fields and woodlands. It lies 9.8 miles west-south-west of Allentown, PA (from Allentown, PA: bearing 246°T), and is situated 7.8 miles west-south-west of Hilltown. The air here, especially as the sun begins its descent, carries a faint, earthy sweetness, a blend of ripening crops and the cool breath of the nearby forests. Houses, many with a comforting solidity of stone and clapboard, cluster along streets that follow the land’s natural contours, their windows catching the last of the day’s light like scattered embers. The landscape itself seems to hold a patient, enduring quality, a testament to the long, slow work of seasons and the passage of generations. The economic pulse of Newtown has long been tied to the land, its history a narrative of agriculture that sustained early settlers and continues to inform its character today, though newer industries have also found purchase here. The legacy of farming is evident not just in the surrounding farms but in the very rhythm of life, a sense of groundedness that persists. There are echoes of older enterprises too, whispers of the industrial ingenuity that once characterized parts of this region, now perhaps represented by a few sturdier, older buildings that stand as quiet monuments. Newtown’s distinctiveness lies in this blend: a deep connection to its agricultural roots intertwined with a steady, forward-looking adaptability, a place where the past informs the present without being entirely defined by it.
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, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.550651°N, 75.660745°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 40.550651°N, 75.660745°W, situated in Lehigh 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.
