Westford, MA Weather Forecast
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Westford, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Wet right now, and not done yet
It is 41°, but the wind is taking it down to 34° on exposed skin. Precipitation is falling here now, and the hourly chance is 97%.
The wind backs into the west-southwest around 5 PM, which is the turn that usually comes ahead of the change rather than after it.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
A long wet stretch ahead
The wet part of the window runs from about 2 AM to 9 AM, 7 hours of it, with the highest chance near 3 AM. Total accumulation over the window comes to about 0.17 in.
It tapers off after 9 AM. The overnight low settles near 34°. Tomorrow tops out near 45°. The humidity goes with it: tomorrow is the more comfortable half of this window, and the safer one for anything outdoors.
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
27–60°F across the weekThe week runs between 27° and 60°, with Thursday the warmest day of it. The second half leans warming, and today is the coolest day in it. Today is the wettest day, peaking near 97%. 6 of the 7 days stay dry.
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Westford, MA at a glance
Westford is home to about 24,543 people in Middlesex County, across 30 square miles. It ranks 82nd by population of 283 places in Massachusetts with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Chelmsford, 4 miles away.
- County
- Middlesex County
- Population
- 24,543 2023 est.
- Land area
- 30 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 811
- Forecast point
- 42.5855°N, 71.4403°W
How well can the network see Westford?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBOX (Boston, MA), to the SSE. Its lowest scan passes about 3,200 ft above Westford. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KBED (Bedford/Hanscom Fld). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Westford
- Chelmsford, MA4 mi
- Littleton, MA4 mi
- Carlisle, MA5 mi
- Tyngsborough, MA6 mi
- Groton, MA7 mi
- Dunstable, MA7 mi
- Ayer, MA7 mi
- Acton, MA7 mi
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