Pelham, Massachusetts Weather
Pelham, 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 Pelham, Hampshire County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Pelham. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Pelham is published on the Orange Municipal Airport (KORE) 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. 6 airfields within reach of Pelham 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 Pelham: Tanner Hiller Airport (K8B5) 23 km · Turners Falls Airport (K0B5) 24 km · Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base (KCEF) 25 km · Gardner Municipal Airport (KGDM) 36 km · Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport (KBAF) 37 km
Conditions reported at KORE describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Pelham specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Pelham.
About Pelham, Massachusetts
Pelham rises from the rolling hills of Hampshire County, a place where the land itself seems to hold its breath, draped in the quiet grandeur of New England forests. It lies 6.2 miles east of Amherst, MA (from Amherst, MA: bearing 82°T), and is situated 8.0 miles north of Belchertown. The terrain here is a testament to the slow, persistent work of glaciers, leaving behind a landscape of steep ravines and rounded peaks, often cloaked in a mist that lends an ethereal quality to the mornings. Ancient oaks and maples form a verdant canopy, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers towards a sky that can shift from a brilliant, sharp blue to a bruised, dramatic grey with astonishing speed. The air, particularly after a rain, carries the clean, sharp scent of pine needles and damp earth, a fragrance that clings to everything, from the weathered clapboard of its homes to the very stones of its old walls. The history of Pelham is deeply etched into its very contours, a story of hardy settlers drawn to the promise of fertile land and the power of its streams. Once a thriving center for agriculture, its fields, though now largely reclaimed by forest, still bear the faint imprint of past cultivation, a ghostly echo of generations who coaxed sustenance from this soil. The whisper of forgotten industries, perhaps a gristmill or a small lumber operation, can still be felt in the quietude, a sense that the land has witnessed a long and varied life. Today, Pelham retains a character of independent spirit, a place where the pace of life encourages contemplation, and the changing seasons paint a new masterpiece across its hillsides with every passing month.
Live animated radar for Pelham 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 | Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 42.393146°N, 72.403696°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 01002 |
| 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 Pelham, Massachusetts Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pelham, 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 Pelham includes coordinates 42.393146°N, 72.403696°W, situated in Hampshire County. ZIP code 01002. 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.
