Heath, Massachusetts Weather
Heath, 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 Heath, Franklin County.
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About Heath, Massachusetts
Heath is a quiet place, a scattering of homes and farms tucked into the rolling hills of western Massachusetts. It lies 21.9 miles east-north-east of Berkshire, MA (from Berkshire, MA: bearing 59°T), and is situated 8.9 miles north-west of Shelburne. The land here rises and falls with a gentle persistence, cloaked in a dense canopy of deciduous trees that blaze with color in the autumn and stand starkly skeletal against the winter sky. Stone walls, remnants of older fields, snake through the woods and across the slopes, monuments to generations who worked this soil. The air carries the scent of pine and damp earth, especially after a rain, and in the deep quiet of the evenings, you can hear the distant murmur of the Deerfield River, a constant, low hum beneath the rustle of leaves. This corner of Franklin County holds a history etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring character of its landscape and its people. Early settlers cleared these hills for farming, their labor evident in the terraced fields that still cling to the steeper inclines. While agriculture remains, a quiet shift has occurred; many now commute to work elsewhere, but the connection to the land persists. The local economy, once driven by farming and small industries, now finds its pulse in a more diffuse way, a blend of self-sufficiency and broader connections. There are no bustling town centers here, no grand attractions, but there is a deep sense of place, a quiet pride in the resilience and beauty of Heath.
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| Location | Heath, Franklin County, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 42.673417°N, 72.821762°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 01346 |
| 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 |
About This Heath, Massachusetts Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Heath, 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 Heath includes coordinates 42.673417°N, 72.821762°W, situated in Franklin County. ZIP code 01346. 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.
