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Amherst Weather Forecast

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Amherst

Massachusetts, United States Of America

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Sat 13
Dec		13:00

SSW
SSW

 10 / 11 mph 35 / 27°F 62%
Low level cloud: 88%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 34%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

SSW
SSW

 7 / 12 mph 31 / 24°F 73%
Low level cloud: 42%
Mid level cloud: 25%
High level cloud: 31%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
54%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

S
S

 4 / 9 mph 27 / 22°F 87%
Low level cloud: 7%
Mid level cloud: 79%
High level cloud: 89%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

SSW
SSW

 5 / 8 mph 29 / 24°F 87%
Low level cloud: 5%
Mid level cloud: 98%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Sun 14
Dec		01:00

NW
NW

 3 / 4 mph 29 / 25°F 92%
Low level cloud: 72%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
04:00

NNW
NNW

 4 / 5 mph 26 / 20°F 89%
Low level cloud: 60%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
07:00

NNW
NNW

 3 / 4 mph 25 / 22°F 77%
Low level cloud: 28%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 99%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

NW
NW

 9 / 10 mph 26 / 17°F 58%
Low level cloud: 4%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
56%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

NW
NW

 10 / 11 mph 28 / 19°F 51%
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

NW
NW

 10 / 13 mph 24 / 13°F 66%
Low level cloud: 76%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
91%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

NW
NW

 11 / 16 mph 20 / 8°F 67%
Low level cloud: 10%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
70%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

NW
NW

 10 / 14 mph 16 / 4°F 67%
Low level cloud: 16%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
17%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Amherst:

The outlook for Amherst in the week ahead shows the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 2°C, with a high for the week of 7°C expected on the afternoon of Wednesday 17th. The average minimum temperature will be -6°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Monday 15th at -12°C. The week ahead will have mixed overhead conditions with some days dry and some seeing a significant amount of rain, sleet or snow. Predictions are Friday 15th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 11.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

The day label given represents the local day relative to the local time for the location you are looking at.
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Day

This time is corrected for local time zones and where possible for daylight saving times.
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Local Time

The wind direction we use on this page is the direction the wind is coming from, given in a 16 point compass format.
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Dir

This refers to the sustained average wind speed, normally averaged over a period of 10 minutes for up to 3 hrs.
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Speed/
Gust

Temperature from our forecast perspective are fairly well defined, they are what we would expect to measure in a standard meteorological screen (in other words, shaded and well ventilated) at 2 metres above ground level.
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Temp/
Feels Like

The relative humidity is the percent of saturation humidity, generally calculated in relation to saturated vapour density.
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Humidity

The value given is a total predicted for the previous 3 hrs and includes the time of the forecast being looked at.
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Precip Amount

The total amount of cloud as a percentage is derived from looking at cloud cover throughout the atmosphere and estimating how these combine when looked at from the ground.
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Cloud Amount

Here we try to capture the feel of the weather as an image – it will never be perfect but is useful for a quick overview.
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Weather

When we measure for forecast air pressure we are normally doing this relative to a certain height and most commonly relative to Mean Sea Level.
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Pressure