Bernardston, Massachusetts Weather
Bernardston, 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 Bernardston, Franklin County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Bernardston. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Bernardston is published on the Turners Falls Airport (K0B5) page, 9 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 Bernardston 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 Bernardston: Orange Municipal Airport (KORE) 24 km · Dillant Hopkins Airport (KEEN) 34 km · Gardner Municipal Airport (KGDM) 46 km · Jaffrey Airfield Silver Ranch Airport (KAFN) 47 km · Tanner Hiller Airport (K8B5) 49 km
Conditions reported at K0B5 describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bernardston specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bernardston.
About Bernardston, Massachusetts
Bernardston unfolds across a landscape of gentle hills, their slopes often softened by the hazy light of late afternoon, a quiet invitation to wander. It lies 20.1 miles north of Amherst, MA (from Amherst, MA: bearing 356°T), and is situated 6.3 miles north-north-east of Greenfield. The Connecticut River Valley begins to assert its presence here, not with dramatic cliffs, but with a subtle widening of the horizon, a promise of fertile ground. Fields of corn, their stalks rustling like whispered secrets in the breeze, give way to stands of deciduous trees, their leaves a vibrant tapestry of greens in summer, then a riot of ochre and crimson as autumn descends. The air carries the clean, earthy scent of soil and distant pine, a fragrance that seems to cling to the very stones of the old stone walls that delineate pastures and backyards. The history of Bernardston is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its founding families and the land they cultivated. Originally settled in the early 18th century, its economy has long been tied to the bounty of the earth, with agriculture, particularly dairy and tobacco farming, shaping its character for generations. Though the landscape has seen changes, the echoes of that past remain, visible in the weathered barns and the sturdy, unpretentious homes that line the country roads. The town retains a strong sense of local identity, a place where the rhythm of the seasons still dictates much of daily life, and where a quiet pride in its rural heritage is a palpable, though unspoken, force.
Live animated radar for Bernardston 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 | Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 42.670918°N, 72.549534°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 01337 |
| 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 Bernardston, Massachusetts Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bernardston, 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 Bernardston includes coordinates 42.670918°N, 72.549534°W, situated in Franklin County. ZIP code 01337. 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.
