West Springfield, Massachusetts Weather
West Springfield, Massachusetts — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for West Springfield, Hampden County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near West Springfield. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for West Springfield is published on the Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport (KBAF) 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 West Springfield 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 West Springfield: Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base (KCEF) 12 km · Southbridge Municipal Airport (K3B0) 48 km · Tanner Hiller Airport (K8B5) 49 km · Turners Falls Airport (K0B5) 54 km · Orange Municipal Airport (KORE) 58 km
Conditions reported at KBAF describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at West Springfield specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About West Springfield, Massachusetts
West Springfield, Massachusetts, unfolds with a gentle, unassuming grace, its character shaped by the broad, patient sweep of the Connecticut River. It lies 1.6 miles west-north-west of Springfield, MA (from Springfield, MA: bearing 284°T), and is situated 2.9 miles south-south-west of Chicopee. The land here is largely flat, a fertile basin that once yielded bountiful harvests, now a patchwork of residential neighborhoods, bustling commercial strips, and the occasional quiet woodland. The air, especially on a late spring afternoon, carries a humid sweetness, a scent of newly mown grass mingling with the distant, faint perfume of blooming lilac. Streets are lined with mature trees, their branches forming leafy canopies that cast dappled shadows on sidewalks, and the sky often seems a vast, benevolent presence, its moods shifting from the crisp blue of a clear day to the bruised purples of an approaching thunderstorm. The history of West Springfield is deeply entwined with the agricultural legacy of the Connecticut River Valley, a place where farming was the lifeblood for generations. Evidence of this past can still be found in the enduring presence of agricultural enterprises, though the economy has diversified considerably. Today, West Springfield is a hub of commerce and industry, its landscape punctuated by the distinctive spire of the Eastern States Exposition, a grand gathering place that draws crowds from across New England for its annual fair, a vibrant celebration of agriculture, entertainment, and community spirit. This exposition, a landmark of considerable local pride, injects a palpable energy into the town, a reminder of its enduring connection to the land and its capacity for bringing people together.
Live animated radar for West Springfield 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 | West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 42.107038°N, 72.620368°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 01089, 01090 |
| 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 West Springfield, Massachusetts Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Springfield, 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 West Springfield includes coordinates 42.107038°N, 72.620368°W, situated in Hampden County. ZIP code 01089, 01090. 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.
