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MASSACHUSETTS · BERKSHIRE COUNTY

Hancock

740 people, 1,850 ft above sea level in Berkshire County.

1,850 ftElevation, city center
740People, 2024 estimate
36 sq miLand area
Sunny 59°
Sunny now Dew point 57° · N 6 mph · high 64°
City of Hancock River Interstate 2 miles
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The Hancock plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Hancock

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 1:00 PM EDT
RIGHT NOW Albany International Airport (KALB) · 1:51 PM
Sunny
59° Sunny Feels like 59° · high of 64° near 4 PM
WindN 6 mphno gusts
Humidity93%falling to 75% this afternoon
Pressure30.02 in →steady
Visibility2 mifog or heavy haze
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 57° · Comfortableabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Partly cloudy
Friday, about 9 AMin about 66 hours · 53% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT0–0.3 inmost likely 0.1; 1 in 10 over 0.7
LAST RAINSept. 270.44 in · 2 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Berkshire County
NWS Albany and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 2:48 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:47 AM6:39 PM ↓
11 h 51 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waning gibbous, 89% lit. The Harvest Moon was full Saturday.
AIR & POLLEN
14
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
Tomorrow: None, good. No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
TUESDAY, SEPT. 29
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30
THURSDAY, OCT. 1
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TEMPERATURE °F
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CHANCE OF RAIN
53% · 0.05 in Friday morning 50%
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Comfortable: dew points 53 to 62°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 69° / 47°
TUE Sept. 29 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
64° 52°
0% rain — N 5 A
WED Sept. 30 Partly cloudy; warmer Partly cloudy; warmer
72° 57°
0% rain — SSE 1 A
THU Oct. 1 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
76° 62°
0% rain — S 8 C
FRI Oct. 2 Chance of showers Chance of showers
77° 54°
50% rain up to 0.3″ WNW 12 C
SAT Oct. 3 Partly cloudy; cooler Partly cloudy; cooler
68° 46°
10% rain — N 6 B
SUN Oct. 4 Chance of showers Chance of showers
65° 48°
30% rain up to 0.5″ S 7 C
MON Oct. 5 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
64° 41°
10% rain — WNW 12 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Hancock about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Atlantic off the Carolinas three days ago, and over New England a day ago, about 1,300 miles back along its path. Near the ground the air came from Canada; at 10,000 feet, from the Atlantic off the Carolinas. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

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Neighboring plates

Albany NY · 26 MI 26 miles west Colonie NY · 28 MI 28 miles northwest Brookhaven NY · 117 MI 117 miles south Boston MA · 118 MI 118 miles east Hempstead NY · 132 MI 132 miles south New York NY · 133 MI 133 miles south
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MASSACHUSETTS · BERKSHIRE

Hancock

740 people, 1,850 ft above sea level in Berkshire County.

1,850 ftElevation
740People
36 sq miLand
Sunny 59°
SunnyDew point 57°
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Today in Hancock

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly cloudy day 63° 1%
5p partly cloudy day 64° 1%
8p mostly cloudy night 60° 1%
11p mostly cloudy night 58° 0%
2a mostly cloudy night 56° 0%
5a fog 54° 0%
Partly cloudy
NEXT RAINFriday about 9 AM · 53%
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Tue0%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
52
64
A
Wed0%
Partly cloudy; warmer Partly cloudy; warmer
57
72
A
Thu0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
62
76
C
Fri50%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
54
77
C
Sat10%
Partly cloudy; cooler Partly cloudy; cooler
46
68
B
Sun30%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
48
65
C
Mon10%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
41
64
C
Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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