Whitaker, Pennsylvania Weather
Whitaker, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Whitaker, Allegheny County.
Flight conditions near Whitaker. Data source: locating…
About Whitaker, Pennsylvania
Whitaker rests in a fold of the land, where the Monongahela River's dark, patient waters have long defined the horizon. It lies 5.6 miles west-south-west of Monroeville, PA (from Monroeville, PA: bearing 254°T), and is situated 6.3 miles east-south-east of Pittsburgh. Rolling hills, cloaked in the deep greens of summer and the starker grays of winter, rise abruptly from the riverbanks, their slopes etched with the scars of a bygone industry. The air here carries a perpetual dampness, a mingling of river mist and the earthy scent of overgrown lots where wild roses stubbornly bloom. Houses, many of them sturdy brick constructions from a century past, huddle together along narrow, winding streets, their porches worn smooth by generations of feet. The late afternoon sun, when it breaks through the frequent cloud cover, casts long, theatrical shadows that stretch and distort the familiar shapes of garages and mailboxes. The pulse of Whitaker has always beaten to the rhythm of heavy industry, its story interwoven with the steel mills that once dominated the riverfront. Though the furnaces have long cooled and the smokestacks stand as silent monuments, the legacy of that era lingers in the very bones of the place and its people. This was a community built on grit and hard labor, a place where families put down roots and watched their children grow amidst the clang of machinery and the glow of molten metal. Today, the local economy finds its footing in a more diffused pattern, with residents commuting to jobs in wider Pittsburgh, yet a deep sense of self-reliance remains. The river, no longer a highway for barges laden with ore, is now a quiet backdrop for weekend fishing trips and the occasional pleasure boat, a gentle reminder of the natural forces that shaped Whitaker long before the mills arrived.
Live animated radar for Whitaker 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 | Whitaker, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.398402°N, 79.889772°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 15120 |
| 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 Whitaker, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Whitaker, 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 Whitaker includes coordinates 40.398402°N, 79.889772°W, situated in Allegheny County. ZIP code 15120. 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.
