Needham, MA Weather Forecast
Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Needham, 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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Needham, MA at a glance
Needham is home to about 32,157 people in Norfolk County, across 12 square miles. It ranks 55th by population of 283 places in Massachusetts with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Wellesley, 3 miles away.
- County
- Norfolk County
- Population
- 32,157 2023 est.
- Land area
- 12 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,615
- Forecast point
- 42.2816°N, 71.2424°W
How well can the network see Needham?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBOX (Boston, MA), to the SSE. Its lowest scan passes about 1,300 ft above Needham. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Needham show up clearly. Needham is closer to its radar than 80% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KOWD (Norwood Mem). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Needham
- Wellesley, MA3 mi
- Newton, MA4 mi
- Dedham, MA4 mi
- Dover, MA4 mi
- Westwood, MA4 mi
- Natick, MA5 mi
- Brookline, MA6 mi
- Weston, MA6 mi
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