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North Adams, Massachusetts

City in Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Air quality

The air at North Adams

Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Bennington (VT), 15 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good0.2 mi
  • Ozone29Good30 ppb14.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good14.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at North Adams

0.15 in in the last 24 hours, 0.19 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.15in
Last 3 days
0.19in

Visibility

How far you can see at North Adams, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 mile Fri 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest North Adams, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

North Adams 1.5 NEMA-BE-33

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/979 ft/253 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

East HawleyEHYM3

At a cooperative observer's station/15.0 mi away/1,636 ft/910 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank434of 744

Station report

The weather at Pittsfield Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.8 mi from North Adams, Massachusetts. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:19 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 900 ft, broken at 2,500 ft, overcast at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Pittsfield Muni, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 900 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, the ceiling at 900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 6,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPittsfield 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

54.0 F with a dew point of 52.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Pittsfield Muni: temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 52.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 51.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 54.0 F, 52.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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

From the south (190 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 30 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Pittsfield Muni, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 30; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate 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 STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 30 MPH7NEAR 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

0in

Snow on the ground

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

Elsewhere in Massachusetts

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Near North Adams

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Near North Adams

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