Wakefield, MA Weather Forecast
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Wakefield, 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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Wakefield, MA at a glance
Wakefield is home to about 27,810 people in Middlesex County, across 7.4 square miles. It ranks 72nd by population of 283 places in Massachusetts with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Lynnfield, 2 miles away.
- County
- Middlesex County
- Population
- 27,810 2023 est.
- Land area
- 7.4 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,761
- Forecast point
- 42.5044°N, 71.0641°W
How well can the network see Wakefield?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBOX (Boston, MA), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 2,500 ft above Wakefield. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Wakefield is closer to its radar than 59% 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 Wakefield
- Lynnfield, MA2 mi
- Stoneham, MA3 mi
- Reading, MA3 mi
- Melrose, MA3 mi
- Saugus, MA4 mi
- Woburn, MA5 mi
- Malden, MA5 mi
- North Reading, MA5 mi
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