Amherst Town, MA Weather Forecast
Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Amherst Town, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
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
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Amherst Town, MA at a glance
Amherst Town is home to about 40,277 people in Hampshire County, across 28 square miles. It ranks 40th by population of 283 places in Massachusetts with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Hadley, 3 miles away.
- County
- Hampshire County
- Population
- 40,277 2023 est.
- Land area
- 28 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,458
- Forecast point
- 42.3635°N, 72.5073°W
How well can the network see Amherst Town?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBOX (Boston, MA), to the ESE. Its lowest scan passes about 6,300 ft above Amherst Town. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Amherst Town can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KCEF (Chicopee/Westover AFB). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Amherst Town
- Hadley, MA3 mi
- Hatfield, MA6 mi
- Sunderland, MA7 mi
- Belchertown, MA8 mi
- Granby, MA8 mi
- South Hadley, MA8 mi
- Northampton, MA9 mi
- Easthampton Town, MA11 mi
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