Smithville, Pennsylvania Weather
Smithville, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Smithville, Butler County.
Full aviation weather for Smithville is published on the Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport (KBTP) page, 22 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 Smithville 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 Smithville: Zelienople Municipal Airport (KPJC) 28 km · Grove City Airport (K29D) 28 km · New Castle Municipal Airport (KUCP) 42 km · Venango Regional Airport (KFKL) 45 km · Beaver County Airport (KBVI) 46 km
Conditions reported at KBTP describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Smithville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Smithville.
About Smithville, Pennsylvania
Smithville unfolds itself in a quiet embrace of rolling hills and verdant valleys, where the land dips and rises with a gentle, persistent grace. It lies 26.8 miles north-north-east of McCandless, PA (from McCandless, PA: bearing 11°T), and is situated 7.7 miles north of Butler. The air here carries the clean scent of pine and damp earth, especially after a spring rain, and the sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy of mature trees, falls in broad, warm swathes across fields that are, for the most part, given over to the patient cultivation of crops. The houses, often built of weathered brick or clapboard, seem to have grown organically from the landscape, their roofs a soft grey or a faded red against the deep greens and browns of the surrounding countryside. The roads, some paved and some still gravel, wind their way through this undulating terrain, following the natural contours of the land as if guided by an ancient, unspoken understanding. The history of Smithville is deeply entwined with the rich, dark soil that defines Butler County, an agricultural heritage that still forms the bedrock of its economy, even as the whispers of coal mining linger in the collective memory. While the days of extensive extraction have largely passed, the sturdy, practical nature of the people, forged through generations of working the land and the earth, remains. The local businesses, small and independent, reflect this enduring spirit, offering goods and services that cater to the needs of the surrounding farms and the families who call Smithville home. It is a place where the pace of life feels attuned to the changing seasons, where the evening light lingers a little longer on the fields, casting long shadows that hold the quiet stories of those who have lived and worked here before.
Live animated radar for Smithville 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 | Smithville, Butler County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.97173°N, 79.919221°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17560, 16061, 16928 |
| 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 Smithville, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Smithville, 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 Smithville includes coordinates 40.971730°N, 79.919221°W, situated in Butler County. ZIP code 17560, 16061, 16928. 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.
