West View, Pennsylvania Weather
West View, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for West View, Allegheny County.
Full aviation weather for West View is published on the Pittsburgh International Airport (KPIT) page, 17 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 View 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 View: Zelienople Municipal Airport (KPJC) 33 km · Beaver County Airport (KBVI) 41 km · Washington County Airport (KAFJ) 48 km · Columbiana County Airport (K02G) 54 km · Jefferson County Airpark (K2G2) 59 km
Conditions reported at KPIT describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at West View specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About West View, Pennsylvania
West View unfolds across a landscape of gentle slopes and broad, open spaces, where the sky seems to stretch an extra mile on clear afternoons. It lies 4.8 miles south of McCandless, PA (from McCandless, PA: bearing 189°T), and is situated 6.0 miles north-north-west of Pittsburgh. The air here, especially after a spring rain, carries the clean scent of damp earth and the distant promise of summer blossoms. Mature oak and maple trees, their branches a testament to decades of patient growth, line the residential streets, their leaves rustling a quiet conversation with the breeze. Here, the houses, mostly built with sturdy brick and practical clapboard, seem to settle comfortably into their plots, each with its own patch of green, a small, personal dominion. The overall character is one of settled quietude, a place where the pace of life allows for a lingering glance at a passing cloud or the simple pleasure of a well-tended garden. The history of West View is interwoven with the industrial might that once pulsed through the broader region, though its own narrative is one of quieter persistence. Originally farmland, the area began to transform with the expansion of Pittsburgh, drawing families seeking a place to put down roots. The local economy, while no longer dominated by heavy manufacturing, still holds echoes of its past, with a strong sense of local enterprise and a network of small businesses that serve as the community's backbone. A distinctive feature is the enduring spirit of community association, a palpable sense of shared local identity that can be felt in the well-attended local events and the familiar faces encountered at the neighborhood shops. The land itself, shaped by the geological history of the Appalachian foothills, offers a pleasing, rolling terrain that invites exploration on foot, revealing the steady, unhurried rhythm of everyday life in West View.
Live animated radar for West View 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 | West View, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.522291°N, 80.034222°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 15229 |
| 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 View, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West View, 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 View includes coordinates 40.522291°N, 80.034222°W, situated in Allegheny County. ZIP code 15229. 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.
