Shelly, Pennsylvania Weather
Shelly, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Shelly, Bucks County.
Full aviation weather for Shelly is published on the Quakertown Airport (KUKT) page, 5 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 Shelly 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 Shelly: Pennridge Airport (KCKZ) 12 km · Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport (KXLL) 14 km · Lehigh Valley International Airport (KABE) 20 km · Doylestown Airport (KDYL) 27 km · Heritage Field (KPTW) 31 km
Conditions reported at KUKT describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Shelly specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Shelly.
About Shelly, Pennsylvania
Shelly rests in a landscape shaped by the slow, deliberate work of glaciers and the patient flow of water, where rolling hills, softened by centuries of cultivation, give way to the meandering embrace of the Delaware River. It lies 10.0 miles south of Bethlehem, PA (from Bethlehem, PA: bearing 181°T), and is situated 4.7 miles south-west of Springfield Bucks County. The air here, especially in the hushed moments before dawn, carries a cool, damp scent of earth and burgeoning green, a subtle promise whispered from the fertile soil. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards the horizon, their emerald and gold hues shifting with the passing sun, while stands of mature oak and maple trees punctuate the open vistas, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers towards the sky. The occasional weathered barn, its timbers bleached silver by sun and rain, stands as a silent sentinel to the agricultural heart of Shelly. The history of Shelly is etched into the very contours of its land, a narrative of farming families and the quiet industry that sustained them. For generations, the bounty of this fertile ground has been the lifeblood of the community, with its agricultural roots deeply intertwined with the region's development. While the precise origins are lost to the mists of time, the spirit of self-sufficiency and connection to the land endures. The gentle turn of the seasons dictates the pace of life in Shelly, a rhythm punctuated by the quiet hum of tractors in the fields and the distant echo of church bells on a Sunday morning. The community’s character is one of quiet resilience, a testament to the enduring strength found in simple connections and the steadfast beauty of its natural surroundings.
Live animated radar for Shelly 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 | Shelly, Bucks County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.480934°N, 75.372124°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 18951, 18036 |
| 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 Shelly, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shelly, 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 Shelly includes coordinates 40.480934°N, 75.372124°W, situated in Bucks County. ZIP code 18951, 18036. Telephone area code: 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878. Timezone: Eastern Time.
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.
