Rector, Pennsylvania Weather
Rector, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rector, Westmoreland County.
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About Rector, Pennsylvania
Rector sits in a hollow, the land rising around it in gentle, wooded slopes that catch the afternoon sun with a muted, earthy glow. It lies 27.5 miles east-south-east of North Huntingdon, PA (from North Huntingdon, PA: bearing 109°T), and is situated 3.2 miles south of Ligonier. The air here, especially after a rain, carries the clean scent of damp soil and pine needles, a subtle perfume that clings to the quiet streets. Houses, many of them older, with wide porches and sturdy foundations, seem to settle into the landscape as if they grew there, their windows reflecting the shifting patterns of clouds overhead. A small creek, barely a murmur most days, winds its way through the lower parts of Rector, its banks often fringed with ferns and the occasional splash of wildflowers. The history of Rector is tied to the land, to the coal that once pulsed beneath these hills, a ghost that still whispers in the older buildings and the weathered faces of its residents. The economy, once driven by the deep veins of coal, now finds its sustenance in smaller enterprises and the quiet hum of agricultural life that surrounds the settlement. It’s a place where time feels less like a relentless march and more like a steady, unhurried current, carrying the echoes of generations past. The sense of connection here is palpable, a shared understanding born from living in the shadow of the mountains and the quiet persistence of the seasons.
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| Location | Rector, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.19674°N, 79.238643°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 15655, 15677 |
| 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 Rector, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rector, 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 Rector includes coordinates 40.196740°N, 79.238643°W, situated in Westmoreland County. ZIP code 15655, 15677. 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.
