Slatington, Pennsylvania Weather
Slatington, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Slatington, Lehigh County.
Full aviation weather for Slatington is published on the Jake Arner Memorial Airport (K22N) page, 14 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 Slatington 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 Slatington: Lehigh Valley International Airport (KABE) 18 km · Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport (KXLL) 22 km · Quakertown Airport (KUKT) 40 km · Hazleton Municipal Airport (KHZL) 42 km · Pennridge Airport (KCKZ) 48 km
Conditions reported at K22N describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Slatington specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Slatington, Pennsylvania
Slatington sits where the Lehigh River, a ribbon of slate-grey water, meets the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. It lies 11.6 miles north-north-west of Allentown, PA (from Allentown, PA: bearing 327°T), and is situated 7.4 miles north-west of Northampton. The land here rises and falls, not with dramatic peaks, but with the steady, patient swell of ancient hills, their slopes often softened by a haze that seems to cling to the air in the late afternoon. Old stone houses, their grey facades weathered by countless seasons, line streets that curve with the river's bend, and the scent of damp earth and pine needles, mingled with the faint, metallic tang of industry, often drifts on the breeze. The sky overhead can be a vast, open canvas, especially in the early morning when the sun burns through the mist, or in the evening when the clouds catch fire in hues of apricot and rose, casting long shadows that stretch across the valley. This stretch of the Lehigh Valley carries the quiet hum of a place built on hard work and resourceful hands. For generations, the rich deposits of slate beneath Slatington's soil fueled a thriving quarrying industry, its distinctive grey stone gracing buildings far and wide. Evidence of this past is etched into the landscape, in the scarred hillsides and the echoes of hammers that once rang out daily. The river, a vital artery for transport and power, continues to shape life here, its current a constant reminder of nature’s enduring presence, even as the local economy has diversified, finding new rhythms in a changing world.
Live animated radar for Slatington 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.
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| Location | Slatington, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.748428°N, 75.611853°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 18080 |
| 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 Slatington, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Slatington, 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 Slatington includes coordinates 40.748428°N, 75.611853°W, situated in Lehigh County. ZIP code 18080. 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.
