North Adams, Massachusetts Weather
North Adams, 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 North Adams, Berkshire County.
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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.
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| 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 | July 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, 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 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. 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.
