West Sunbury, Pennsylvania Weather
West Sunbury, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for West Sunbury, Butler County.
Full aviation weather for West Sunbury is published on the Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport (KBTP) page, 26 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 West Sunbury 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 West Sunbury: Grove City Airport (K29D) 28 km · Zelienople Municipal Airport (KPJC) 32 km · Venango Regional Airport (KFKL) 41 km · New Castle Municipal Airport (KUCP) 43 km · Clarion County Airport (KAXQ) 45 km
Conditions reported at KBTP describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at West Sunbury specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for West Sunbury.
About West Sunbury, Pennsylvania
West Sunbury rests in a landscape shaped by the slow, patient work of glaciers and the subsequent etchings of creeks. It lies 29.4 miles north-north-east of McCandless, PA (from McCandless, PA: bearing 13°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north of Homeacre-Lyndora. Rolling hills, cloaked in the varied greens of deciduous forest and cultivated fields, define its character, the air often carrying the clean scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke. Here, the land does not immediately reveal its secrets, instead offering a subtle beauty in the way sunlight filters through the canopy or the hushed quiet that settles as dusk deepens, painting the western sky in muted washes of rose and lavender. The terrain is a gentle, yet persistent, series of rises and dips, a topography that speaks of a long geological past and a present grounded in the rhythms of the seasons. The history of West Sunbury is deeply entwined with the agricultural heritage of this region, where generations have worked the fertile soil, their lives marked by the cycles of planting and harvest. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of land, established farms that still form the backbone of the local economy, though many have diversified over time. The memory of more industrial pursuits can still be felt, a faint echo in the landscape and the stoic resilience of its people. While no grand monuments mark its passage, the enduring spirit of West Sunbury resides in its quiet persistence, its connection to the land, and the steady, unpretentious way of life that has taken root here.
Live animated radar for West Sunbury 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 | West Sunbury, Butler County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 41.007285°N, 79.896165°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 16061 |
| 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 West Sunbury, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Sunbury, 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 West Sunbury includes coordinates 41.007285°N, 79.896165°W, situated in Butler County. ZIP code 16061. 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.
