Phillipston, Massachusetts Weather
Phillipston, 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 Phillipston, Worcester County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Phillipston. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Phillipston is published on the Gardner Municipal Airport (KGDM) page, 10 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 Phillipston 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 Phillipston: Orange Municipal Airport (KORE) 13 km · Tanner Hiller Airport (K8B5) 21 km · Jaffrey Airfield Silver Ranch Airport (KAFN) 30 km · Turners Falls Airport (K0B5) 32 km · Dillant Hopkins Airport (KEEN) 40 km
Conditions reported at KGDM describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Phillipston specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Phillipston.
About Phillipston, Massachusetts
Phillipston unfolds across a landscape of rolling hills and verdant woodlands, a testament to the quiet persistence of New England geology. It lies 17.0 miles west of Fitchburg, MA (from Fitchburg, MA: bearing 262°T), and is situated 7.1 miles west-south-west of Gardner. Here, the land rises and falls with a gentle, patient grace, its contours softened by the passage of seasons and the deep roots of ancient trees. Small brooks, often no more than a whisper of moving water, thread their way through the terrain, their banks lined with ferns and mosses that drink deeply from the cool, shadowed air. In the late afternoon, sunlight, filtered through a canopy of oak and maple, casts a warm, diffused glow, illuminating the subtle textures of bark and the delicate veins of fallen leaves. The air itself carries a clean, earthy scent, a mixture of pine needles, damp soil, and the distant, sweet promise of ripening apples. The history of Phillipston is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring character of its farms and the echoes of its early industries. Once a place where sawmills hummed and stone was quarried, its economy has gracefully shifted, now finding sustenance in the careful cultivation of its agricultural heritage and the quiet draw of its natural beauty. The old stone walls, remnants of fields cleared long ago by determined hands, still delineate property lines, their weathered surfaces speaking of generations who worked this ground. A deep sense of continuity pervades Phillipston, a feeling that the present rests on a solid foundation of past endeavors, and that the rhythm of life here is measured by the slow turning of the earth and the steady passage of time.
Live animated radar for Phillipston 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 | Phillipston, Worcester County, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 42.548699°N, 72.132858°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 01331 |
| 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 Phillipston, Massachusetts Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Phillipston, 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 Phillipston includes coordinates 42.548699°N, 72.132858°W, situated in Worcester County. ZIP code 01331. 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.
