Becket, Massachusetts Weather
Becket, 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 Becket, Berkshire County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Becket. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Becket is published on the Pittsfield Municipal Airport (KPSF) page, 20 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 Becket 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 Becket: Walter J. Koladza Airport (KGBR) 31 km · Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport (KBAF) 36 km · Harriman and West Airport (KAQW) 41 km · Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base (KCEF) 48 km · Columbia County Airport (K1B1) 52 km
Conditions reported at KPSF describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Becket specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Becket.
About Becket, Massachusetts
Becket lies sprawled across rolling hills, a scatter of homes and businesses clinging to the contours of the land. It lies 5.3 miles east-north-east of Berkshires, MA (from Berkshires, MA: bearing 75°T), and is situated 8.7 miles east-north-east of Lee. The air here carries the sharp tang of pine needles, a scent that deepens as the sun begins its slow descent, painting the western sky in bruised purples and fading oranges. The terrain is a rugged embrace of granite and glacial till, where dense woodlands press close to the roadside, their shadows lengthening into the late afternoon. Small streams, born from hidden springs, murmur their way through moss-covered rocks, their waters a cool, clear promise of the larger lakes that dot the surrounding landscape. This corner of the Berkshires holds a quiet industriousness, its past shaped by logging and quarrying, echoes of which can still be found in the weathered barns and sturdy stone foundations. The local economy, now more reliant on tourism and the quiet hum of small enterprises, thrives on the very wilderness that once defined its labor. Becket is a place where the summer brings a gentle influx of visitors seeking the solace of its lakes and the winding trails of its nature preserves, and where winter settles in with a hushed, white stillness. The spirit of Becket is a blend of self-reliance and a deep, unspoken connection to the enduring, wild heart of the Massachusetts countryside.
Live animated radar for Becket 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 | Becket, Berkshire County, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 42.332032°N, 73.08288°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 01223 |
| 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 Becket, Massachusetts Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Becket, 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 Becket includes coordinates 42.332032°N, 73.082880°W, situated in Berkshire County. ZIP code 01223. 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.
