Acushnet, Massachusetts Weather
Acushnet, Massachusetts — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Acushnet, Bristol County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Acushnet. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Acushnet is published on the New Bedford Regional Airport (KEWB) page, 4 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Acushnet have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Acushnet: Taunton Municipal King Field (KTAN) 23 km · Plymouth Municipal Airport (KPYM) 29 km · Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station (KFMH) 32 km · Newport State Airport (KUUU) 35 km · Martha's Vineyard Airport (KMVY) 40 km
Conditions reported at KEWB describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Acushnet specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Acushnet.
About Acushnet, Massachusetts
Acushnet breathes the salt-laced air of the South Coast, its landscape a gentle yielding of rolling terrain to the quiet embrace of Buzzards Bay. It lies 3.4 miles north-north-east of New Bedford, MA (from New Bedford, MA: bearing 24°T), and is situated 5.2 miles north-east of Dartmouth. Fields, often edged with the sturdy, weathered grey of old stone walls, stretch towards the water, their verdant hues deepening under a sky that can shift from the pale, watery blue of morning to the bruised purples and oranges of a dramatic sunset. The air here carries the faint, sweet scent of ripening cranberries in late summer, a whisper of the land's enduring agricultural spirit. Along the shoreline, marsh grasses sway in the persistent breeze, their rustling a soft counterpoint to the distant cries of gulls. The history of Acushnet is deeply entwined with the bounty of its waters and the resilience of its people. Once a vital hub for whaling and shipbuilding, its maritime legacy still echoes in the quiet harbors and the proud, weathered facades of older homes. Today, agriculture, particularly cranberry farming, remains a significant thread in the economic fabric, with vast bogs dotting the landscape, their water-covered surfaces shimmering like dark mirrors under the sun. The town’s character is one of quiet industry and a deep connection to the natural world, a place where the rhythm of the tides and the turn of the seasons still hold sway.
Live animated radar for Acushnet and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 41.680659°N, 70.907816°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 02743 |
| Area Code | 339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Acushnet, Massachusetts Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Acushnet, Massachusetts, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Acushnet includes coordinates 41.680659°N, 70.907816°W, situated in Bristol County. ZIP code 02743. Telephone area code: 339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
