Winchester, New Hampshire Weather
Winchester, 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 Winchester, Cheshire County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Winchester. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Winchester is published on the Dillant Hopkins Airport (KEEN) page, 17 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 Winchester 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 Winchester: Turners Falls Airport (K0B5) 23 km · Orange Municipal Airport (KORE) 24 km · Jaffrey Airfield Silver Ranch Airport (KAFN) 31 km · Gardner Municipal Airport (KGDM) 39 km · Tanner Hiller Airport (K8B5) 51 km
Conditions reported at KEEN describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Winchester specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Winchester.
About Winchester, New Hampshire
Winchester rests in a hollow of Cheshire County, where the land rises and falls with a slow, deliberate grace, hinting at the ancient bedrock beneath. It lies 28.1 miles north-north-east of Amherst, MA (from Amherst, MA: bearing 15°T), and is situated 6.4 miles north-north-east of Northfield. The Ashuelot River, a ribbon of cool, dark water, threads its way through the landscape, its banks often softened by stands of birch and maple that shimmer with an almost internal light in the late afternoon sun. Fields, some still worked, others surrendered to a wilder reclaiming, spread out like rumpled quilts across the terrain, punctuated by the stoic geometry of old farmsteads. The air here carries a certain scent, a blend of damp earth, pine needles, and the faint, sweet promise of woodsmoke from chimneys that punctuate the skyline, a quiet testament to lives lived close to the turning seasons. The history of Winchester is written in its weathered clapboards and the enduring stone foundations of its mills, remnants of an industrial past that once harnessed the steady power of the Ashuelot. For generations, timber and paper production were the lifeblood of Winchester, shaping its character and drawing generations to its wooded slopes and riverbanks. Though the grand mills have largely fallen silent, the spirit of industry persists in the smaller workshops and the determined agricultural endeavors that still dot the surrounding countryside. It is a place where the past doesn't so much haunt as it informs, a quiet echo in the rustle of leaves and the steady flow of the river that continues to define the very essence of Winchester.
Live animated radar for Winchester 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 | Winchester, Cheshire County, New Hampshire |
| Coordinates | 42.773416°N, 72.383142°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 03470 |
| Area Code | 603 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Winchester, New Hampshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Winchester, 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 Winchester includes coordinates 42.773416°N, 72.383142°W, situated in Cheshire County. ZIP code 03470. 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.
