Shippingport, Pennsylvania Weather
Shippingport, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Shippingport, Beaver County.
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About Shippingport, Pennsylvania
Shippingport lies where the Ohio River, a broad, patient artery, bends and flows past flatlands that stretch toward distant, rounded hills. It lies 20.9 miles west of McCandless, PA (from McCandless, PA: bearing 278°T), and is situated 9.0 miles east-south-east of Saint Clair Township. Here, the air often carries the damp scent of alluvial earth, a smell that mingles with the faint, metallic tang of industry from across the water. The land itself, a fertile plain shaped by millennia of riverine deposition, slopes gently toward the water’s edge, where docks and the occasional pleasure craft mark the human presence. Sunlight, when it breaks through the frequent cloud cover, can cast a diffused, pearly glow over the landscape, softening the edges of the modest structures that comprise Shippingport. The history of Shippingport is inextricably tied to the river it borders. Once a hub of activity, its fortunes ebbed and flowed with the river's navigability and the shifting demands of commerce. The remnants of its past linger in the quietude that now often settles over its streets, a stark contrast to the bustling port it once was. The local economy, though transformed, still feels the echo of its industrial heritage, a legacy of coal and power that once pulsed through the region. Though no longer the vibrant shipping center of its heyday, Shippingport retains a grounded character, a testament to its enduring connection with the land and the great river that defines its existence.
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| Location | Shippingport, Beaver County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.63201°N, 80.413954°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 15052, 15077 |
| 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 Shippingport, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shippingport, 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 Shippingport includes coordinates 40.632010°N, 80.413954°W, situated in Beaver County. ZIP code 15052, 15077. 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.
