Pottstown, Pennsylvania Weather
Pottstown, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Pottstown, Montgomery County.
Full aviation weather for Pottstown is published on the Pottstown Municipal Airport (KN47) page, 2 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 Pottstown 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 Pottstown: Heritage Field (KPTW) 8 km · Morgantown Airport (KO03) 21 km · Reading Regional Airport (Carl A Spaatz Field) (KRDG) 31 km · Quakertown Airport (KUKT) 31 km · Pennridge Airport (KCKZ) 34 km
Conditions reported at KN47 describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Pottstown specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Pottstown lies in a valley cradled by the rolling hills of southeastern Pennsylvania, where the Schuylkill River, a broad, silver ribbon, has long dictated the pulse of the land. It lies 13.9 miles west-north-west of Lower Providence, PA (from Lower Providence, PA: bearing 301°T), and is situated 6.8 miles west of Limerick. The terrain here is a gentle embrace of fertile ground, marked by the meandering waterways and the persistent green of cultivated fields that often give way to stands of mature oak and maple. The air, especially in the late afternoon, often carries the faint, sweet scent of drying hay or the earthy perfume of damp soil after a summer shower, a subtle reminder of the agricultural roots that still anchor the community. The sky above Pottstown can be a canvas of dramatic cloud formations, their undersides catching the sinking sun in hues of rose and amethyst, a quiet spectacle against the backdrop of distant ridges. For generations, Pottstown was a heartland of American industry, its fortunes forged in the fires of iron furnaces and the clatter of mills that once lined the riverbanks. This industrial past is not entirely erased; remnants of its manufacturing heritage, though softened by time and the encroaching natural world, still punctuate the landscape, speaking of a vigorous and industrious past. The local economy, while diversified now, still carries the echoes of this heritage, with a resilient spirit that has adapted and endured. Beyond the river's edge, the land offers a quiet invitation to explore, with trails that trace the former routes of canals and railways, where the ghost of industry whispers through the rustling leaves.
Live animated radar for Pottstown 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 | Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.245374°N, 75.64963°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 19464, 19465 |
| 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 Pottstown, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pottstown, 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 Pottstown includes coordinates 40.245374°N, 75.649630°W, situated in Montgomery County. ZIP code 19464, 19465. 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.
