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Newtown, Pennsylvania

Borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Newtown

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Philadelphia (PA), 23 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good21.6 mi
  • Ozone22Good21 ppb8.9 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide3Good3 ppb23.5 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb23.5 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm23.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Newtown

None in the last 24 hours; 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.03in

Visibility

How far you can see at Newtown, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 mile Fri 7 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Newtown, PennsylvaniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Newtown, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Newtown 0.7 WNWPA-BK-66

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/287 ft/119 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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OakfordOAKP1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.4 mi away/141 ft/27 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank739of 1,383

Station report

The weather at Philadelphia NE, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.2 mi from Newtown, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:33 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,900 ft, overcast at 3,700 ft; the ceiling is 2,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Philadelphia NE, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,700 feet, the ceiling at 2,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PNEFIG. A THE SKY OVER PHILADELPHIA NESECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPhiladelphia NE, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PNETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PNE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 53.0 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Philadelphia NE: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.0, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PNEFIG. B THE AIR AT PHILADELPHIA NETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 51.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,900 FTTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 53.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEPhiladelphia NE, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PNETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PNE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Philadelphia NE, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PNEFIG. C THE WIND AT PHILADELPHIA NEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPhiladelphia NE, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PNETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PNE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Philadelphia NE, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Newtown

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Newtown

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