Harvard, MA Weather Forecast and Current Conditions

Current Conditions From Nearby Local Station

Clear 29°F
Feels Like 29°F  
Humidity 89% Dew Point 26°F Wind WNW 1 MPH Gusts 2 Barometer N/A
Report from a MADIS/MESONET weather station 1.6 mi. NW of central Harvard
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Point Forecast at a Glance

MonNov 24
Mon Nov 24: Increasing Clouds, Low 29F
 
29
TueNov 25
Tue Nov 25: Cloudy, High 50F, Low 43F
50
43
WedNov 26
Wed Nov 26: Showers, High 60F, Low 37F
40%
60
37
ThuNov 27
Thu Nov 27: Mostly Sunny, High 44F, Low 29F
44
29
FriNov 28
Fri Nov 28: Partly Sunny, High 39F, Low 26F
39
26
SatNov 29
Sat Nov 29: Sunny, High 38F, Low 23F
38
23
SunNov 30
Sun Nov 30: Partly Sunny, High 43F, Low 32F
43
32

7-Day Temperature Trend

Week Ahead Summary

High temperatures start near 50°F, reaching 60°F before cooling to 38°F, then recovering to 43°F by week's end. Some rain possible with at least 3 days showing precipitation chances of 20% or higher.

Climate Context

This week's forecast shows temperatures running 1°F above the historical average for November-December. Normal highs for this period are around 45°F with lows around 27°F.


This Date in Weather History

1950 - The temperature at Chicago, IL, dipped to 2 below zero to equal their record for the month established on the 29th in 1872. On the first of the month that year Chicago established a record high for November with a reading of 81 degrees.

More on this and other weather history


Harvard, MA 7 Day Weather Forecast Details

Monday Nov 24

Increasing Clouds

Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 29. Light southwest wind.

Tuesday Nov 25

Cloudy

Day: Cloudy, with a high near 50. Southwest wind 5 to 7 mph.

Rain

Night: Rain, mainly after 7pm. Patchy fog after 10pm. Low around 43. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday Nov 26

Showers

Day: A chance of rain before 7am, then a chance of showers after 7am. Cloudy, with a high near 60. South wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Showers

Night: A chance of showers, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. South wind 5 to 8 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Thursday Nov 27

Mostly Sunny

Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. West wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Partly Cloudy

Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. Southwest wind 7 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Friday Nov 28

Partly Sunny

Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 39. West wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.

Mostly Clear

Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 26. West wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Saturday Nov 29

Sunny

Day: Sunny, with a high near 38. West wind 6 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Partly Cloudy

Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. Light west wind.

Sunday Nov 30

Partly Sunny

Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Rain

Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. South wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Monday Dec 1

Rain

Day: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. Southwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.


About Harvard, MA

Harvard is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The town is located 25 miles west-northwest of Boston, in eastern Massachusetts. It is mostly bounded by I-495 to the east and Route 2 to the north. A farming community settled in 1658 and incorporated in 1732, it has been home to several non-traditional communities, such as Harvard Shaker Village and the utopian transcendentalist center Fruitlands. It is also home to St. Benedict Abbey, a traditionalist Catholic monastery, and for over seventy years was home to Harvard University's Oak Ridge Observatory, at one time the most extensively equipped observatory in the Eastern United States. It is now a rural and residential town noted for its public schools. The population was 6,851 at the 2020 census.

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