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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		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Sun 20
Apr		16:00

NNW
NNW

 11 / 13 mph 58 / 55°F 35% 1025 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
32%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

NW
NW

 4 / 6 mph 50 / 48°F 52% 1027 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

NNE
NNE

 4 / 6 mph 44 / 42°F 62% 1028 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Mon 21
Apr		01:00

NNW
NNW

 2 / 4 mph 37 / 36°F 68% 1028 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 9%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
8%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
04:00

NW
NW

 2 / 4 mph 35 / 34°F 71% 1028 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 51%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
5%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
07:00

SSW
SSW

 0 / 0 mph 44 / 43°F 55% 1028 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 13%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
12%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

SSW
SSW

 5 / 6 mph 57 / 54°F 37% 1025 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 22%
High level cloud: 18%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
22%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

S
S

 7 / 9 mph 66 / 64°F 33% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 18%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
45%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

S
S

 10 / 15 mph 54 / 50°F 50% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 64%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
70%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

S
S

 10 / 15 mph 52 / 47°F 53% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 41%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 89%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
67%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

S
S

 8 / 12 mph 47 / 44°F 58% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 65%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 17%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Amherst:

For Amherst in the coming week the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 19°C, with a high for the week of 24°C expected on the afternoon of Thursday 24th. The average minimum temperature will be 6°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Monday 21st at 2°C. Expect the week ahead to have mostly dry days although Friday 25th and Saturday 26th are likely to see a significant amount of rain. Current predictions suggest Saturday 21st will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 19.0mm. 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