Boston, MA Weather Forecast
Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Boston, 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
Free alerts for Boston
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Boston, MA at a glance
Boston is home to about 653,833 people in Suffolk County, across 48 square miles. It is the largest of 283 places in Massachusetts with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Winthrop Town, 4 miles away.
- County
- Suffolk County
- Population
- 653,833 2023 est.
- Land area
- 48 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 13,526
- Forecast point
- 42.3386°N, 71.0183°W
How well can the network see Boston?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBOX (Boston, MA), to the SSW. Its lowest scan passes about 1,600 ft above Boston. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Boston show up clearly. Boston is closer to its radar than 75% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KBOS (Boston/Logan Intl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Boston
- Winthrop Town, MA4 mi
- Chelsea, MA4 mi
- Everett, MA5 mi
- Quincy, MA5 mi
- Somerville, MA6 mi
- Cambridge, MA6 mi
- Revere, MA6 mi
- Brookline, MA6 mi
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
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