Becket, Massachusetts — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Becket, Berkshire County.
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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.
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| 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 | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
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, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.