Salem, PA Weather Forecast
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Salem, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Dry for the moment, with rain moving in this morning
It is 51° with a dew point of 43°, which is dry for this time of year. The sky is mostly cloudy.
Pressure is easing down, 0.03 inHg over the last hour. The wind backs into the northwest around 5 AM, which is the turn that usually comes ahead of the change rather than after it. The first rain arrives between 7 AM and 8 AM. That leaves a usable window outdoors until about 7 AM, and it closes quickly after that.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
A long wet stretch ahead
The wet part of the window runs from about 7 AM to 7 PM, 12 hours of it, with the highest chance near 8 AM. Total accumulation over the window comes to about 0.29 in.
It tapers off after 7 PM. The overnight low settles near 44°. Tomorrow tops out near 49°.
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
27–58°F across the weekThe week runs between 30° and 49°, with tomorrow the warmest day of it. There is no real trend across it: one day looks much like the next. Friday is the wettest day, peaking near 99%. 4 of the 7 days stay dry.
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Salem, PA at a glance
Salem is home to about 5,989 people in Westmoreland County, across 47 square miles. It ranks 438th by population of 970 places in Pennsylvania with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Delmont, 3 miles away.
- County
- Westmoreland County
- Population
- 5,989 2023 est.
- Land area
- 47 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 127
- Forecast point
- 40.4191°N, 79.5212°W
How well can the network see Salem?
The nearest Doppler radar is KPBZ (Pittsburgh, PA), to the WNW. Its lowest scan passes about 2,400 ft above Salem. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Salem is closer to its radar than 60% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KLBE (Latrobe/Palmer Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Salem
- Delmont, PA3 mi
- Murrysville, PA7 mi
- Greensburg, PA8 mi
- Washington, PA8 mi
- Jeannette, PA8 mi
- Manor, PA9 mi
- Hempfield, PA10 mi
- Latrobe, PA10 mi
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