Philipsburg, Pennsylvania Weather
Philipsburg, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Philipsburg, Washington County.
Full aviation weather for Philipsburg is published on the Rostraver Airport (KFWQ) page, 17 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 Philipsburg 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 Philipsburg: Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville Airport (KVVS) 22 km · Greene County Airport (KWAY) 28 km · Inter County Airport (K31D) 31 km · Allegheny County Airport (KAGC) 33 km · Washington County Airport (KAFJ) 36 km
Conditions reported at KFWQ describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Philipsburg specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Philipsburg.
About Philipsburg, Pennsylvania
Philipsburg rests in a broad valley, where the rolling hills of southwestern Pennsylvania begin to soften into a more gentle terrain. It lies 20.2 miles south-south-west of North Huntingdon, PA (from North Huntingdon, PA: bearing 203°T), and is situated 8.1 miles south-south-west of Rostraver. The land here is a study in muted greens and browns, a patchwork of agricultural fields and dense woodlands that climb the slopes, their edges blurring into the hazy distance on a humid summer afternoon. Small streams, often more whisper than roar, thread through the landscape, their banks softened by wild grasses and the occasional stubborn oak, reflecting the pale, shifting light of the sky. The air itself often carries a damp, earthy scent, a constant reminder of the soil and the rain that nourishes it, and the quietude of the place is broken only by the distant hum of traffic or the call of a hawk circling overhead. This is a region where the legacy of coal mining is a palpable presence, though the mines themselves are largely silent now, their histories etched into the very contours of the land and the stoic character of its inhabitants. Philipsburg, like many of its neighbors, has adapted, its economy now finding footing in services and smaller manufacturing, a resilient pivot from the industrial might of generations past. The local high school football games on a crisp autumn Friday night remain a vibrant tradition, drawing the community together under the stadium lights, a shared pulse beating against the encroaching darkness. Older brick buildings in the downtown area, their facades weathered by time and the elements, hint at earlier eras of prosperity, their windows now reflecting a slower, more deliberate pace of life than the hurried world beyond the valley.
Live animated radar for Philipsburg 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 | Philipsburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.06174°N, 79.881158°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 15419, 16866 |
| 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 Philipsburg, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Philipsburg, 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 Philipsburg includes coordinates 40.061740°N, 79.881158°W, situated in Washington County. ZIP code 15419, 16866. 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.
