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Cotton Town, Pennsylvania Weather

Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Cotton Town weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Cotton Town, PA
Saturday, July 4 at 8:15 AM
78
°
Clear
Feels like
81°
Humidity
65%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
1:49 AM
Sunset
4:47 PM
Cotton Town, PA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastCotton Town, PA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 71 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit with a 25% chance of precipitation at 7 PM.
L 71°H 95°
Cotton Town, PA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Rain
    25%
    0.28″
    95°67°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Heavy Rain
    85%
    2.5″
    87°71°-8°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Thunderstorm
    88%
    0.30″
    76°66°-11°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Drizzle
    56%
    74°62°-2°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    18%
    81°57°+7°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    43%
    87°62°+6°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Drizzle
    36%
    82°66°-5°
Cotton Town, PA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
190° · backing 73°
Direction
S
190°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
9
mph
Peak 24h
27
avg 6
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 6 · pk 27 @ 1:00a
010203040MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7B8-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 383SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 73° from the s.
Cotton Town, PA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
971.6
+1.2 mb in 3h · rising · 28.69 inHg
Now
971.6
mb
3h
+1.2
mb
12h
+0.2
mb
24h
-2.4
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 970975
965970975980-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW974.6970.3971.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Cotton Town, PA
Air quality
57
AQI
Moderate
-3 in 6h

AQI 57 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 11.1 µg/m³ (AQI 55) with a 0.95 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
11.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
12μg/m³
NO₂Good
3μg/m³
OzoneModerate
84μg/m³
UV IndexLow
1.2

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 40 now. With UV 4.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 21 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 40
UV peak
4.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 21

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 11.1 µg/m³ (AQI 55) with a 0.95 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.95
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Cotton Town, PA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
53.8mi
UNLIMITED
81 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
12:15 UTC · Cotton Town, PA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
12:15 UTC · Cotton Town, PA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Cotton Town, PA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Cotton Town, PA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Cotton Town, PA
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:17 AM
Sunrise
1:49 AM
Daylight
14h 58m
Sunset
4:47 PM
Civil dusk
9:21 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Cotton Town, PA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
82% illuminated
Moonrise
11:08 PM
Moonset
10:17 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Cotton Town, PA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Cotton Town at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 7°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 18 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Cotton Town

  1. Sat95°67°25%
  2. Sun87°71°85%
  3. Mon76°66°88%
  4. Tue74°62°56%
  5. Wed81°57°18%
  6. Thu87°62°43%
  7. Fri82°66°36%
  8. Sat84°67°35%
  9. Sun77°64°26%
  10. Mon74°61°19%
  11. Tue71°61°14%
  12. Wed80°63°32%
  13. Thu89°66°32%
  14. Fri90°71°39%
  15. Sat80°69°40%
  16. Sun85°66°43%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Cotton Town

SPC has placed Cotton Town in the Slight Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYSLGTSlight Risk
  • TOMORROWSLGTSlight Risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Scattered severe storms possible. A few tornadoes, hail, and damaging wind gusts possible.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Cotton Town

  • 16625

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.