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Pottstown, Pennsylvania Weather

Queen Anne's lace lines the roads. Day 16 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Pottstown, PA
Monday, July 6 at 3:10 PM
74
°
Overcast
Feels like
78°
Humidity
87%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
1:39 AM
Sunset
4:35 PM
Pottstown, PA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastPottstown, PA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 65 to 79 degrees Fahrenheit with a 25% chance of precipitation at 5 PM.
L 65°H 79°
Pottstown, PA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 6
    Heavy Rain
    95%
    0.43″
    76°67°
  2. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    19%
    79°65°+3°
  3. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    10%
    79°62°
  4. Thursday
    Jul 9
    T-storm w/ Hail
    62%
    0.01″
    81°68°+2°
  5. Friday
    Jul 10
    Heavy Drizzle
    38%
    0.03″
    82°68°+1°
  6. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Drizzle
    22%
    0.22″
    78°66°-4°
  7. Sunday
    Jul 12
    Light Drizzle
    15%
    0.08″
    78°63°
Pottstown, PA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NE
045° · backing 42°
Direction
NE
045°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
17
mph
Peak 24h
29
avg 6 mph
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE 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 mph · pk 29 mph @ 9:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 207SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 42° from the ne.
Pottstown, PA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1008.2
-1.4 mb in 3h · falling · 29.77 inHg
Now
1008.2
mb
3h
-1.4
mb
12h
+1.4
mb
24h
+1.5
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10061010
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1010.11005.91008.2
Pressure giving way — clouds thicken and rain edges closer.
Pottstown, PA
Air quality
44
AQI
Good
-3 in 6h

AQI 44 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). Ozone at AQI 39 — peak already passed at 1 PM under overcast skies. Levels should ease through evening.

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

PM 2.5Good
6.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
7μg/m³
NO₂Good
3μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
83μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
3.5

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 39 — peak already passed at 1 PM under overcast skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 39
UV peak
3.3 at earlier today
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 39

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 6.0 µg/m³, PM10 at 6.7 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.90
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Pottstown, PA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
31.4mi
UNLIMITED
66 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
19:10 UTC · Pottstown, 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
19:10 UTC · Pottstown, PA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Pottstown, PA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Pottstown, PA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Pottstown, PA
Almanac · Monday, July 6
When the stars begin to huddle, the earth will soon become a puddle.
Civil dawn
5:07 AM
Sunrise
1:39 AM
Daylight
14h 56m
Sunset
4:35 PM
Civil dusk
9:09 PM
Planting note
Sow fall broccoli and cabbage indoors for transplant in 4 weeks.
Pottstown, PA
The moon
Last Quarter
60% illuminated
Moonrise
11:43 PM
Moonset
12:19 PM
In sign
♈︎ Aries
Pottstown, PA
Microseason
Jul 6–10

Queen Anne's lace lines the roads

weather
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Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Pottstown at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 3°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 18 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 6–10
  • Planting window: Sow fall broccoli and cabbage indoors for transplant in 4 weeks.

ZIP codes: 19464, 19465

16-Day Forecast — Pottstown

  1. Mon76°67°95%
  2. Tue79°65°19%
  3. Wed79°62°10%
  4. Thu81°68°62%
  5. Fri82°68°38%
  6. Sat78°66°22%
  7. Sun78°63°15%
  8. Mon80°60°14%
  9. Tue85°63°11%
  10. Wed81°70°14%
  11. Thu79°63°17%
  12. Fri74°59°32%
  13. Sat80°59°38%
  14. Sun81°60°40%
  15. Mon83°62°29%
  16. Tue86°64°26%

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

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 6, 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 — Pottstown

SPC includes Pottstown in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3NONENo severe risk

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

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 Pottstown

  • 19464

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.