Amherst, New Hampshire Weather
Amherst, New Hampshire — 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 Amherst, Hillsborough County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Amherst. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Amherst is published on the Nashua Airport / Boire Field (KASH) page, 13 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 Amherst 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 Amherst: Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (KMHT) 17 km · Fitchburg Municipal Airport (KFIT) 36 km · Lawrence Municipal Airport (KLWM) 44 km · Minute Man Air Field (K6B6) 45 km · Laurence G Hanscom Field (KBED) 52 km
Conditions reported at KASH describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Amherst specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Amherst.
About Amherst, New Hampshire
Amherst, New Hampshire, unfolds across a landscape sculpted by glacial retreat, where rounded hills, softened by centuries of growth, give way to broad, fertile valleys. It lies 9.8 miles south-west of Merrimack Valley, MA (from Merrimack Valley, MA: bearing 230°T), and is situated 2.2 miles north-north-east of Milford. The air here carries the scent of pine needles and damp earth, a constant reminder of the surrounding woodlands that cloak the terrain. Fields, once cleared for agriculture, now often lie fallow or are gently reclaimed by the persistent greenery, punctuated by the occasional weathered barn or stone wall that hints at past endeavors. The sky above Amherst is a generous expanse, its blues deepening to bruised purples and soft oranges as dusk settles, casting long, gentle shadows across the undulating terrain. This was a place of profound agricultural importance in its early days, its rich soil yielding crops that fed a growing nation, and the legacy of that agrarian past is still visible in the enduring patterns of the land. Later, the quiet hum of industry, particularly the manufacture of shoes, briefly animated its centers, leaving behind echoes of a different kind of labor. Today, Amherst retains a character of thoughtful repose, a community that values its historical roots while embracing a more contemporary pace of life, though the echoes of its agricultural heritage, and the quiet dignity of its past industries, still resonate in the landscape.
Live animated radar for Amherst 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 | Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire |
| Coordinates | 42.861475°N, 71.625349°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 03031 |
| Area Code | 603 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Amherst, New Hampshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Amherst, New Hampshire, 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 Amherst includes coordinates 42.861475°N, 71.625349°W, situated in Hillsborough County. ZIP code 03031. Telephone area code: 603. Timezone: Eastern Time.
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.
