Rochester, NH Weather Forecast
Strafford County, New Hampshire
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Rochester, 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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Rochester, NH at a glance
Rochester is home to about 33,519 people in Strafford County, across 45 square miles. It ranks 5th by population of 125 places in New Hampshire with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Somersworth, 5 miles away.
- County
- Strafford County
- Population
- 33,519 2023 est.
- Land area
- 45 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 745
- Forecast point
- 43.2985°N, 70.9770°W
How well can the network see Rochester?
The nearest Doppler radar is KGYX (Portland, ME), to the NE. Its lowest scan passes about 4,000 ft above Rochester. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Rochester can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KDAW (Rochester/Skyhaven Arpt). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Rochester
- Somersworth, NH5 mi
- Farmington, NH6 mi
- Barrington, NH7 mi
- Berwick, ME7 mi
- Lebanon, ME8 mi
- Rollinsford, NH9 mi
- Dover, NH9 mi
- Strafford, NH10 mi
Elsewhere in New Hampshire
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