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MASSACHUSETTS · FRANKLIN COUNTY

New Salem

1,023 people, 1,000 ft above sea level in Franklin County.

1,000 ftElevation, city center
1,023People, 2024 estimate
45 sq miLand area
Sunny 62°
Sunny now Dew point 55° · NW 8 mph · high 63°
City of New Salem River Interstate 2 miles
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The New Salem 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 New Salem

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 4:00 PM EDT
RIGHT NOW Worcester Regional Airport (KORH) · 3:54 PM
Sunny
62° Sunny Feels like 62° · high of 63° near 4 PM
WindNW 8 mphno gusts
Humidity78%rising to 96% by morning
Pressure29.97 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 55° · Comfortableabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Rain
Friday30% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINSept. 272.46 in · 2 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Franklin County
NWS Norton and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 4:50 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:43 AM6:35 PM ↓
11 h 51 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waning gibbous, 89% lit. The Harvest Moon was full Saturday.
AIR & POLLEN
16
GOODAir quality index · ozone
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
FRIDAY, OCT. 2
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TEMPERATURE °F
63°
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CHANCE OF RAIN
50%
WIND, MPH
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Comfortable: dew points 51 to 61°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 65° / 48°
TUE Sept. 29 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
63° 52°
0% rain — NNW 4 A
WED Sept. 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
69° 57°
0% rain — NW 4 B
THU Oct. 1 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
74° 63°
0% rain — SW 10 B
FRI Oct. 2 Chance of showers Chance of showers
77° 55°
30% rain up to 0.1″ W 12 C
SAT Oct. 3 Mostly sunny; cooler Mostly sunny; cooler
66° 46°
0% rain — NNE 6 B
SUN Oct. 4 Chance of showers Chance of showers
62° 48°
40% rain up to 0.4″ SSE 7 B
MON Oct. 5 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
61° 41°
20% rain — WNW 10 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 New Salem 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 1,290 miles back along its path. Most of the nine paths traced from around the city agree. It came down from about 9,600 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from the North Atlantic; at 10,000 feet, from a point about 130 miles to the southeast. 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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MASSACHUSETTS · FRANKLIN

New Salem

1,023 people, 1,000 ft above sea level in Franklin County.

1,000 ftElevation
1,023People
45 sq miLand
Sunny 62°
SunnyDew point 55°
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Today in New Salem

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly cloudy day 63° 0%
7p partly cloudy night 60° 1%
10p mostly cloudy night 57° 1%
1a partly cloudy night 55° 1%
4a partly cloudy night 54° 0%
7a mostly sunny 52° 0%
Rain
NEXT RAINFriday · 30%
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Tue0%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
52
63
A
Wed0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
57
69
B
Thu0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
63
74
B
Fri30%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
55
77
C
Sat0%
Mostly sunny; cooler Mostly sunny; cooler
46
66
B
Sun40%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
48
62
B
Mon20%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
41
61
C
Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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