Fitchburg, MA Weather Forecast
Worcester County, Massachusetts
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Fitchburg, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Dry for the moment, with rain moving in overnight
It is 44°, but the wind is taking it down to 42° on exposed skin. The sky is overcast.
The wind turns to the north-northeast around 2 AM. The first rain arrives between 1 AM and 2 AM, with the best chance of it around 6 AM. That leaves a usable window outdoors until about 1 AM, and it closes quickly after that.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
A long wet stretch ahead
Wet weather moves in around 1 AM. Total accumulation over the window comes to about 0.98 in.
The overnight low settles near 38°. Tomorrow tops out near 45°. It also gets muggier, so tomorrow will feel warmer than the number on its own suggests.
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
28–57°F across the weekThe week runs between 28° and 49°, with Tuesday the warmest day of it. There is no real trend across it: one day looks much like the next. Friday is the wettest day, peaking near 100%. 5 of the 7 days stay dry.
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Fitchburg, MA at a glance
Fitchburg is home to about 41,579 people in Worcester County, across 28 square miles. It ranks 37th by population of 283 places in Massachusetts with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Lunenburg, 5 miles away.
- County
- Worcester County
- Population
- 41,579 2023 est.
- Land area
- 28 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,494
- Forecast point
- 42.6020°N, 71.8159°W
How well can the network see Fitchburg?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBOX (Boston, MA), to the SE. Its lowest scan passes about 4,200 ft above Fitchburg. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Fitchburg can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KFIT (Fitchburg Muni). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Fitchburg
- Lunenburg, MA5 mi
- Ashby, MA5 mi
- Westminster, MA6 mi
- Leominster, MA6 mi
- Ashburnham, MA6 mi
- Townsend, MA7 mi
- Gardner, MA9 mi
- Shirley, MA9 mi
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