New Kensington, Pennsylvania Weather
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New Kensington weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 3Clear——81°47°—
- ThursdayJun 4Overcast——84°55°+3°
- FridayJun 5Overcast——83°57°-1°
- SaturdayJun 6Showers80%—84°62°+1°
- SundayJun 7Drizzle80%—80°65°-4°
- MondayJun 8Partly Cloudy——79°57°-1°
- TuesdayJun 9Clear10%—85°56°+6°
Ozone at AQI 500 now. AQI up 40 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. With UV 0.4 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 120 by mid-afternoon.
AVOID OUTDOORS Avoid outdoor exertion. Keep windows closed; use HEPA filtration indoors if available.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 500 now. With UV 0.4 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 120 by mid-afternoon.
- Present
- AQI 500
- UV peak
- 0.4 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- clear
- Projected peak
- AQI 120
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
- Moonrise
- 3:11 AM
- Moonset
- 12:13 PM
- In sign
- ♑︎ Capricorn
Fireflies rise from the lawn
New Kensington at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 3°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 19 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jun 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of June 3, 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.