Richland, Pennsylvania Weather
Richland, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Richland, Delaware County.
Full aviation weather for Richland is published on the Philadelphia International Airport (KPHL) page, 12 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 Richland 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 Richland: Brandywine Regional Airport (KOQN) 23 km · Cross Keys Airport (K17N) 38 km · Wilmington Airport (KILG) 40 km · New Garden Airport (KN57) 41 km · Southern Cross Airport (KC01) 43 km
Conditions reported at KPHL describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Richland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Richland.
About Richland, Pennsylvania
Richland unfolds across a landscape shaped by the gentle push and pull of glacial melt and the patient erosion of time. It lies 1.3 miles south-south-west of Havertown, PA (from Havertown, PA: bearing 197°T), and is situated 8.1 miles west of Philadelphia. Rolling hills, softened by a thick quilt of deciduous trees, give way to broader, flatter expanses where the soil, a rich, dark loam, invites cultivation. Creeks, often no more than a whisper of water over smooth stones in summer, swell to determined flows in the spring thaw, carving shallow valleys and nourishing the green meadows that punctuate the woodlands. The air here carries the clean scent of pine and damp earth, and in the late afternoon, the sunlight slants through the leaves, casting long, striped shadows that seem to hold the quiet stillness of the land itself. The history of Richland is written in the weathered barns and the enduring stone foundations of its earliest settlements, remnants of a time when agriculture was the heart of its economy. Fields that once yielded wheat and corn now often serve as pastures, the legacy of generations who worked this ground. While some of its residents commute to larger centers for work, the spirit of self-sufficiency persists, seen in the bustling farmers' markets that spring up on weekends, offering local honey, fresh produce, and handcrafted goods. The quiet hum of tractors in the distance is a familiar soundtrack to life in Richland, a constant reminder of the land's enduring importance.
Live animated radar for Richland 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 | Richland, Delaware County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 39.963168°N, 75.315743°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 16636, 19083, 17087 |
| 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 Richland, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Richland, 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 Richland includes coordinates 39.963168°N, 75.315743°W, situated in Delaware County. ZIP code 16636, 19083, 17087. 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.
