Shirley, MA Weather Forecast
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Shirley, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Dry for the moment, with rain moving in overnight
It is 45°, but the wind is taking it down to 42° on exposed skin. The sky is mostly cloudy.
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 1 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 0.83 in.
The overnight low settles near 38°. Tomorrow tops out near 48°. 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
27–58°F across the weekThe week runs between 27° and 51°, 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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Shirley, MA at a glance
Shirley is home to about 6,851 people in Middlesex County, across 16 square miles. It ranks 220th by population of 283 places in Massachusetts with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Ayer, 3 miles away.
- County
- Middlesex County
- Population
- 6,851 2023 est.
- Land area
- 16 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 433
- Forecast point
- 42.5737°N, 71.6410°W
How well can the network see Shirley?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBOX (Boston, MA), to the SSE. Its lowest scan passes about 3,500 ft above Shirley. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KFIT (Fitchburg Muni). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Shirley
- Ayer, MA3 mi
- Lunenburg, MA4 mi
- Groton, MA5 mi
- Harvard, MA5 mi
- Lancaster, MA6 mi
- Pepperell, MA7 mi
- Townsend, MA7 mi
- Leominster, MA8 mi
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