Storm Station
Needham, Massachusetts
64°
Rain· Feels like 64°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NNE
Rain showers. Cloudy, with a low around 55. Northeast wind around 18 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
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96%Humidity
100%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Needham, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

NewtonMA006

Beside a road/3.5 mi away/62 ft/113 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank168of 197

Norwood MemorialOWD

At an airfield/7.2 mi away/49 ft/126 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank193of 197

Blue Hills Obs USCRNBHIM3

At a river or reservoir gauge/7.9 mi away/620 ft/445 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Needham 1.0 SEMA-NF-94

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/113 ft/62 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Jamacia PlainJPBM3

At a cooperative observer's station/6.1 mi away/102 ft/73 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Norwood Memorial, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.2 mi from Needham. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 800 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Norwood Memorial, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 800 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OWDFIG. A THE SKY OVER NORWOOD MEMORIALSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLENorwood Memorial, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OWDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OWD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 57.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Norwood Memorial: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OWDFIG. B THE AIR AT NORWOOD MEMORIALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 58.0 F, 57.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLENorwood Memorial, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OWDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OWD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (50 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 38 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 44 mph.

Plan of the wind at Norwood Memorial, north up: blowing from 50 degrees, the northeast, at 20 miles an hour, gusting 38; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OWDFIG. C THE WIND AT NORWOOD MEMORIALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 50°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 38 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENorwood Memorial, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OWDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OWD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Massachusetts

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

Near Needham

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