Gosnold, Massachusetts Weather
Gosnold, 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 Gosnold, Dukes County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Gosnold. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Gosnold is published on the Martha's Vineyard Airport (KMVY) page, 15 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 Gosnold 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 Gosnold: Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station (KFMH) 23 km · New Bedford Regional Airport (KEWB) 28 km · Cape Cod Gateway Airport (KHYA) 40 km · Plymouth Municipal Airport (KPYM) 45 km · Newport State Airport (KUUU) 48 km
Conditions reported at KMVY describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gosnold specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gosnold.
About Gosnold, Massachusetts
Gosnold, a scatter of islands weathered by the Atlantic's ceaseless breath, presents a landscape of sparse beauty. It lies 5.8 miles west-south-west of Falmouth, MA (from Falmouth, MA: bearing 239°T), and is situated 7.5 miles north-north-west of Dukes. The land rises in low, rounded hummocks, carpeted with tough, wind-swept grasses that whisper secrets of salt and sea. Craggy outcroppings of ancient rock, slick with the spray of incoming tides, punctuate the shoreline, offering stark silhouettes against the vast, often bruised, sky. Here, the air itself feels scrubbed clean, carrying the briny tang of seaweed and the distant cry of gulls, a constant reminder of the ocean's dominion. Even the stunted pines, clinging tenaciously to the thin soil, bear the marks of relentless coastal gales, their branches perpetually sculpted by the wind's invisible hand. The history of Gosnold is a tale of hardy souls drawn to the sea's bounty, their lives inextricably linked to the rhythms of fishing and the occasional salvage. For generations, the islanders have eked out a living from the cold, rich waters, their economy a testament to resilience and self-reliance. There are no grand estates or bustling marketplaces here, but rather a quiet persistence, a local character forged in the crucible of isolation and shared experience. The faint scent of woodsmoke, mingling with the ever-present salt, signals the hearths where stories of generations past are kept alive, a subtle hum beneath the surface of daily life.
Live animated radar for Gosnold 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 | Gosnold, Dukes County, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 41.508486°N, 70.711302°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 02543 |
| 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 Gosnold, Massachusetts Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gosnold, 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 Gosnold includes coordinates 41.508486°N, 70.711302°W, situated in Dukes County. ZIP code 02543. 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.
