Temperature
64 F at 12 AM; 66 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 50 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 64F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 66F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 50F
- 4 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Pennsylvania/Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport
Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport, Pennsylvania
Small airport in Butler County, Pennsylvania63°
70°/60°
Overcast·
Feels like 63°·Light breeze 7 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 3 AM, the chance peaking at 79% around 1 PM.
Now. Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport is 63° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the south at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 69° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 50°. Rain is likely tomorrow (67%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:38 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:30 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
42Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
63feels63
19%
Today
Oct 16
7060
99%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5037
67%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5831
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6235
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6637
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6539
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6539
mostly clear day
63°
70°60°
50°37°
58°31°
62°35°
66°37°
65°39°
65°39°
As of 1:00 AM in Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
The air at Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport
Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Pittsburgh (PA), 24 miles off.
42Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good16.2 mi
- Ozone17Good13 ppb16.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 48, good.
GoodModerate
- 48YesterdayOct 15
- 32TodayOct 16
- 7SatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.29 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.29in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport, the next 44 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BTP
- ICAO
- KBTP
- IATA
- BTP
- Field elevation
- 1,248 ft
- Serves
- Butler
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BTP
- Wind now
- From 170° at 6 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 4,801 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 72° / 252° | 1 mph head, on 26 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Butler Co. (AWOS) (BTP), Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 64 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 65% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 64F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 65 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
6 mph from the south southeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 10 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 6mph
- from the south southeast
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 10 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.91 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.27 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.91inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.07inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.27inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 12 AM; 5 miles now.
- Now
- 5mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 12 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 15 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 15
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- 0.00in
- 7 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Butler Co. (AWOS): every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,247 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-79 S/B MM 86 @ Evans City Butl PA US PADOTPA055
Beside a road/9.2 mi away/1,079 ft/169 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Slippery RockSLPP1
At a river or reservoir gauge/24.1 mi away/1,224 ft/24 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Butler 6.6 SWPA-BT-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/1,230 ft/18 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Freeport DamSCHP1
At a dam/16.1 mi away/787 ft/461 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Pennsylvania
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Nixoncommunity, 1 mi
- Renfrewcommunity, 2 mi
- Oak Hillscommunity, 4 mi
- Connoquenessingborough, 4 mi
- Calleryborough, 5 mi
- Meridiancommunity, 5 mi
- Meadowoodcommunity, 6 mi
- Evans Cityborough, 6 mi
- Homeacre-Lyndoracommunity, 6 mi
- Marsborough, 6 mi
- Butlercity, 7 mi
- Valenciaborough, 7 mi
Airports near Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport
- Zelienople Municipal AirportPJC, 11 mi
- Beaver County AirportBVI, 23 mi
- Pittsburgh International AirportPIT, 25 mi
- Allegheny County AirportAGC, 29 mi
- New Castle Municipal AirportUCP, 30 mi
- Venango Regional AirportFKL, 42 mi
- Arnold Palmer Regional AirportLBE, 45 mi
- Indiana County-Jimmy Stewart AirportIDI, 46 mi