Townsend, MA Weather Forecast
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Townsend, 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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Townsend, MA at a glance
Townsend is home to about 9,004 people in Middlesex County, across 33 square miles. It ranks 195th by population of 283 places in Massachusetts with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Pepperell, 6 miles away.
- County
- Middlesex County
- Population
- 9,004 2023 est.
- Land area
- 33 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 275
- Forecast point
- 42.6650°N, 71.7119°W
How well can the network see Townsend?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBOX (Boston, MA), to the SSE. Its lowest scan passes about 4,300 ft above Townsend. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Townsend can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KFIT (Fitchburg Muni). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Townsend
- Pepperell, MA6 mi
- Lunenburg, MA6 mi
- Brookline, NH6 mi
- Ashby, MA6 mi
- Fitchburg, MA7 mi
- Shirley, MA7 mi
- Groton, MA8 mi
- Hollis, NH9 mi
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