Popponesset Island, Massachusetts Weather
Popponesset Island, 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 Popponesset Island, Barnstable County.
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About Popponesset Island, Massachusetts
Popponesset Island emerges from the salty embrace of the Atlantic, a low-lying barrier of shifting sands and resilient scrub oak. It lies 8.4 miles east-north-east of Falmouth, MA (from Falmouth, MA: bearing 74°T), and is situated 4.6 miles south-south-east of Mashpee. Its character is one of intimate scale, where the wind, an ever-present sculptor, hums through sparse dune grasses, and the scent of brine and sun-baked pine needles hangs perpetually in the air. The landscape here is a dialogue between the restless ocean and the stubborn earth, a place where the horizon feels both vast and intimately close, and where the light, particularly in the late afternoon, pools in soft, golden eddies across the weathered shingles of its cottages. This stretch of coastline, once charted and claimed by early explorers, has long been a retreat for those seeking respite from the mainland's clamor. Popponesset Island, though small, carries the quiet imprint of generations who understood the rhythms of the sea. Its economy, historically tied to the bounty of the surrounding waters, now leans towards a more gentle tourism, a steady influx of summer visitors drawn to its unpretentious charm and the simple pleasure of its broad, sandy shores. The island retains a sense of its past, a feeling of continuity in the way life unfolds here, dictated by the tides and the predictable turning of the seasons.
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| Location | Popponesset Island, Barnstable County, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 41.584277°N, 70.459193°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 02649 |
| 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 Popponesset Island, Massachusetts Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Popponesset Island, 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 Popponesset Island includes coordinates 41.584277°N, 70.459193°W, situated in Barnstable County. ZIP code 02649. 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.
