Rain Gage at Butler405137079562801
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Weather/Pennsylvania/Butler
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 12 PM, the chance peaking at 78% around 1 PM.
Now. Butler is 70° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 52° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 6 AM, with some cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 52): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is possible tomorrow (48%). 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.
As of 5:00 AM in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Pittsburgh (PA), 29 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 31, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.22 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 12 PM.
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The 6 instruments nearest Butler, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rain Gage at Butler405137079562801
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station FW7554FW7554
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/1,307 ft/257 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/6.5 mi away/1,247 ft/197 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-79 S/B MM 86 @ Evans City Butl PA US PADOTPA055
Beside a road/13.0 mi away/1,079 ft/29 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Butler 0.5 NEPA-BT-36
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/1,081 ft/31 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Slippery RockSPPP1
At a cooperative observer's station/16.0 mi away/1,263 ft/213 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 6.5 mi from Butler, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 10,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
69.0 F with a dew point of 69.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 10,000 ft.
From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Butler Co. (AWOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.