Newton, MA Weather Forecast
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Newton, 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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Newton, MA at a glance
Newton is home to about 88,415 people in Middlesex County, across 18 square miles. It ranks 11th by population of 283 places in Massachusetts with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Watertown Town, 3 miles away.
- County
- Middlesex County
- Population
- 88,415 2023 est.
- Land area
- 18 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 4,959
- Forecast point
- 42.3318°N, 71.2084°W
How well can the network see Newton?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBOX (Boston, MA), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 1,600 ft above Newton. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Newton show up clearly. Newton is closer to its radar than 76% 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 Newton
- Watertown Town, MA3 mi
- Brookline, MA3 mi
- Needham, MA4 mi
- Wellesley, MA4 mi
- Waltham, MA4 mi
- Belmont, MA5 mi
- Weston, MA5 mi
- Cambridge, MA6 mi
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