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Sylvan Hills, Pennsylvania Weather

Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Sylvan Hills, PA
Sunday, July 5 at 4:32 PM
77
°
Overcast
Feels like
84°
Humidity
84%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
1:49 AM
Sunset
4:46 PM
Sylvan Hills, PA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastSylvan Hills, PA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 68 to 78 degrees Fahrenheit with a 52% chance of precipitation at 4 PM.
L 68°H 78°
Sylvan Hills, PA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Light Showers
    52%
    0.16″
    83°66°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Heavy Showers
    48%
    6.1″
    80°68°-3°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Heavy Rain
    68%
    0.20″
    71°64°-9°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Light Drizzle
    30%
    0.01″
    71°63°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    28%
    89°62°+18°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Drizzle
    51%
    0.07″
    71°66°-18°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Foggy
    35%
    81°64°+10°
Sylvan Hills, PA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NE
035° · veering 132°
Direction
NE
035°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
5
mph
Peak 24h
24
avg 5
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
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 5 · pk 24 @ 3:00p
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 116SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Sylvan Hills, PA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
972.1
-0.8 mb in 3h · falling · 28.71 inHg
Now
972.1
mb
3h
-0.8
mb
12h
+0.7
mb
24h
0.0
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 971973
965970975980-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW973.2971.3972.1
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Sylvan Hills, PA
Air quality
48
AQI
Good
+14 in 6h

AQI 48 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI up 14 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). PM scrubbed by 3 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 9.7 µg/m³, PM10 to 10.4 µg/m³.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
9.7μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneModerate
95μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
2.2

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 45 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 45
UV peak
2.0 at earlier today
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 45

PM × Wind × Precip

PM scrubbed by 3 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 9.7 µg/m³, PM10 to 10.4 µg/m³.

PM2.5/PM10
0.93
Wind
calm
Recent rain
3h in last 6h
Pattern
washed out
Sylvan Hills, PA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
36.3mi
UNLIMITED
77 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
20:32 UTC · Sylvan Hills, 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
20:32 UTC · Sylvan Hills, PA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Sylvan Hills, PA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Sylvan Hills, PA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Sylvan Hills, PA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
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 57m
Sunset
4:46 PM
Civil dusk
9:21 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Sylvan Hills, PA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
69% illuminated
Moonrise
11:31 PM
Moonset
11:23 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Sylvan Hills, PA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

fish
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Sylvan Hills at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 6°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 19 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Sylvan Hills

  1. Sun83°66°52%
  2. Mon80°68°48%
  3. Tue71°64°68%
  4. Wed71°63°30%
  5. Thu89°62°28%
  6. Fri71°66°51%
  7. Sat81°64°35%
  8. Sun72°65°17%
  9. Mon77°63°18%
  10. Tue62°58°16%
  11. Wed69°60°17%
  12. Thu80°57°40%
  13. Fri84°59°29%
  14. Sat83°59°31%
  15. Sun82°61°26%
  16. Mon71°63°32%

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

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, 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 — Sylvan Hills

SPC has placed Sylvan Hills in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

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 Sylvan Hills

  • 16648

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.