Buckland, Massachusetts Weather
Buckland, 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 Buckland, Franklin County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Buckland. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Buckland is published on the Turners Falls Airport (K0B5) page, 22 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. 5 airfields within reach of Buckland 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 Buckland: Orange Municipal Airport (KORE) 41 km · Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport (KBAF) 49 km · Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base (KCEF) 49 km · Dillant Hopkins Airport (KEEN) 54 km
Conditions reported at K0B5 describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Buckland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Buckland.
About Buckland, Massachusetts
Buckland lies where the land begins to fold and crease, a place of rolling hills and shadowed hollows. It lies 18.2 miles north-north-west of Hampshire, MA (from Hampshire, MA: bearing 339°T), and is situated 9.8 miles west of Greenfield. The Deerfield River, a patient sculptor of this terrain, threads its way through the valley, its waters reflecting the deep greens of the surrounding forests and the pale blues of the Massachusetts sky. Along the riverbanks, stone walls, moss-laden and crumbling, hint at generations of careful labor, marking the edges of fields that still yield to the enduring rhythm of the seasons. The air here, particularly in the quiet hours of dawn, carries a crispness that speaks of elevation and proximity to wilder places, a subtle perfume of pine needles and damp earth. The roots of Buckland run deep into the agricultural past, a heritage evident in the scattered farmsteads and the enduring presence of open land. For much of its history, the economy here was tethered to the soil, to the growing of crops and the raising of livestock, a tradition that still informs the character of the place. Later, mills harnessed the power of the Deerfield, though most of those echoes have faded, leaving behind only the occasional weathered brick structure. Today, Buckland maintains a quiet independence, its residents drawn by the unpretentious beauty of the landscape and a shared appreciation for a life lived at a more considered pace, a place where the past is not forgotten but rather forms a solid foundation for the present.
Live animated radar for Buckland 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 | Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 42.592307°N, 72.79176°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 01338 |
| 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 Buckland, Massachusetts Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Buckland, 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 Buckland includes coordinates 42.592307°N, 72.791760°W, situated in Franklin County. ZIP code 01338. 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.
