North Adams, Massachusetts Weather
North Adams, 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 North Adams, Berkshire County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near North Adams. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for North Adams is published on the Harriman and West Airport (KAQW) page, 5 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 North Adams 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 North Adams: William H Morse State Airport (KDDH) 24 km · Pittsfield Municipal Airport (KPSF) 34 km · Turners Falls Airport (K0B5) 49 km · Garnseys Airport (KB04) 56 km · Albany International Airport (KALB) 57 km
Conditions reported at KAQW describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at North Adams specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for North Adams.
About North Adams, Massachusetts
North Adams sprawls at the foot of the Taconic Mountains, a landscape where stoic peaks, their flanks often softened by a haze of pine and birch, rise with a quiet authority over the town. It lies 13.7 miles north-north-east of Berkshire, MA (from Berkshire, MA: bearing 18°T), and is situated 5.3 miles north of Adams. The Hoosic River, a ribbon of restless water, cuts through the valley, its murmur a constant counterpoint to the hum of daily life. Here, the sky feels immense, a vast canvas that shifts from the pale, hopeful blue of morning to the bruised purples and oranges of sunset, painting the granite buildings with fleeting, dramatic light. The air itself carries a crispness, a scent of damp earth and distant forests, that speaks of the wildness held just beyond the pavement and rooftops. The story of North Adams is deeply entwined with the iron veins of its past, a robust industrial heart that once beat with the clang of machinery and the industrious spirit of its mill workers. For generations, the manufacture of textiles and machinery fueled its growth, leaving behind a legacy of sturdy brick structures that now house a vibrant arts and cultural scene, most notably the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, a sprawling testament to reinvention. This economic metamorphosis has infused North Adams with a unique character, a blend of hard-won resilience and a burgeoning creativity, where the echoes of its working-class heritage mingle with the contemporary pulse of galleries, music venues, and independent shops.
Live animated radar for North Adams 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 | North Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 42.700915°N, 73.108715°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 01247 |
| 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 North Adams, Massachusetts Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for North Adams, 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 North Adams includes coordinates 42.700915°N, 73.108715°W, situated in Berkshire County. ZIP code 01247. 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.
