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Cheshire, Massachusetts

Community in Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Air quality

The air at Cheshire

Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Berkshire (MA), 13 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good10.1 mi
  • Ozone4Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-23.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 16, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cheshire

None in the last 24 hours; 0.07 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.07in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cheshire, the next 42 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Cheshire, MassachusettsReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cheshire, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

East HawleyEHYM3

At a cooperative observer's station/15.0 mi away/1,636 ft/659 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank434of 744

Station report

The weather at Pittsfield Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.3 mi from Cheshire, Massachusetts. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 1,600 ft, overcast at 4,400 ft; the ceiling is 4,400 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Pittsfield Muni, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,400 feet, the ceiling at 4,400 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PSFFIG. A THE SKY OVER PITTSFIELD MUNISECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 1,600 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLEPittsfield Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PSFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PSF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.0 F with a dew point of 47.0 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Pittsfield Muni: temperature 51.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.0, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PSFFIG. B THE AIR AT PITTSFIELD MUNITHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 1,600 FTTEMPERATURE 51.0 FDEW POINT 47.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEPittsfield Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PSFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PSF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Pittsfield Muni, north up: at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PSFFIG. C THE WIND AT PITTSFIELD MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPittsfield Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PSFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PSF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Pittsfield Muni, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at East Hawley (EHYM3), 15.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Massachusetts

17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Cheshire

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Cheshire

River and lake gauges