Newton, MA Weather Forecast
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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The next few hours
Dry for the moment, with rain moving in this evening
It is 41°, but the wind is taking it down to 39° on exposed skin. The sky is mostly cloudy. The air is close to calm.
The wind turns to the northeast around 7 AM. The first rain arrives between 5 PM and 6 PM, with the best chance of it around 3 AM. That leaves a usable window outdoors until about 5 PM, 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 5 PM. Total accumulation over the window comes to about 0.58 in.
The overnight low settles near 44°. Tomorrow reaches 52°, 8° warmer than today. 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
31–58°F across the weekThe week runs between 31° and 52°, with tomorrow 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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Newton, MA at a glance
Newton is home to about 88,415 people in Middlesex County, across 18 square miles. It ranks 11th by population of 283 places in Massachusetts with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Watertown Town, 3 miles away.
- County
- Middlesex County
- Population
- 88,415 2023 est.
- Land area
- 18 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 4,959
- Forecast point
- 42.3318°N, 71.2084°W
How well can the network see Newton?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBOX (Boston, MA), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 1,600 ft above Newton. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Newton show up clearly. Newton is closer to its radar than 76% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KOWD (Norwood Mem). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Newton
- Watertown Town, MA3 mi
- Brookline, MA3 mi
- Needham, MA4 mi
- Wellesley, MA4 mi
- Waltham, MA4 mi
- Belmont, MA5 mi
- Weston, MA5 mi
- Cambridge, MA6 mi
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