Reading, MA Weather Forecast
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Reading, 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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Reading, MA at a glance
Reading is home to about 25,428 people in Middlesex County, across 10 square miles. It ranks 77th by population of 283 places in Massachusetts with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Wakefield, 3 miles away.
- County
- Middlesex County
- Population
- 25,428 2023 est.
- Land area
- 10 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,549
- Forecast point
- 42.5352°N, 71.1054°W
How well can the network see Reading?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBOX (Boston, MA), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 2,600 ft above Reading. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Reading is closer to its radar than 56% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KBVY (Beverly Muni). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Reading
- Wakefield, MA3 mi
- North Reading, MA3 mi
- Lynnfield, MA3 mi
- Wilmington, MA4 mi
- Woburn, MA4 mi
- Stoneham, MA4 mi
- Burlington, MA5 mi
- Melrose, MA6 mi
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