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Lowell, Massachusetts weather · now

82°

Partly Cloudy

Feels
82°
High / Low
87° / 62°
Wind
33 mph WNW
Humidity
40%
No precipitation expected in the next 1.6 hours.
ModerateAir quality PollenTreeNoneGrassModerateWeedModerate
Sun 5:47 AM 7:53 PM 14h 5m
Moon Waning Crescent 2% lit

Current weather and 7-day forecast for Lowell, Massachusetts, sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Expect mostly sunny today. Today's high is 87° with a low near 62°.

What to wear today

Loose, light, and water nearby

87°F — wear breathable fabrics and stay hydrated.

Next 24 hours

55° 75° 90° ↑ 85° ↓ 63° 5 PM 8 PM 11 PM 2 AM 5 AM 8 AM 11 AM 2 PM

  1. 5 PM

    85°

    0%

  2. 7 PM

    82°

    0%

  3. 9 PM

    74°

    1%

  4. 11 PM

    71°

    0%

  5. 1 AM

    68°

    0%

  6. 3 AM

    65°

    1%

  7. 5 AM

    63°

    2%

  8. 7 AM

    64°

    3%

  9. 9 AM

    71°

    3%

  10. 11 AM

    80°

    2%

  11. 1 PM

    83°

    2%

  12. 3 PM

    84°

    2%

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7 days

  1. Today 8/11 Mostly Sunny 3% 87° · 62°
    1. 5 PM 85° Mostly Sunny
    2. 6 PM 84° Partly Cloudy
    3. 7 PM 82° Partly Cloudy
    4. 8 PM 76° Partly Cloudy 3%
    5. 9 PM 74° Partly Cloudy 1%
    6. 10 PM 72° Partly Cloudy 1%
    7. 11 PM 71° Partly Cloudy
  2. Wed 8/12 Mostly Sunny 11% 86° · 62°
    1. 12 AM 70° Partly Cloudy
    2. 1 AM 68° Partly Cloudy
    3. 2 AM 67° Partly Cloudy
    4. 3 AM 65° Mostly Cloudy 1%
    5. 4 AM 64° Mostly Cloudy 1%
    6. 5 AM 63° Mostly Cloudy 2%
    7. 6 AM 63° Mostly Sunny 3%
    8. 7 AM 64° Mostly Sunny 3%
    9. 8 AM 68° Mostly Sunny 4%
    10. 9 AM 71° Mostly Sunny 3%
    11. 10 AM 77° Sunny 3%
    12. 11 AM 80° Sunny 2%
    13. 12 PM 82° Sunny 2%
    14. 1 PM 83° Mostly Sunny 2%
    15. 2 PM 84° Mostly Sunny 3%
    16. 3 PM 84° Mostly Sunny 2%
    17. 4 PM 84° Mostly Sunny 2%
    18. 5 PM 85° Mostly Sunny 1%
    19. 6 PM 83° Partly Cloudy 3%
    20. 7 PM 80° Partly Cloudy 4%
    21. 8 PM 78° Partly Cloudy 5%
    22. 9 PM 73° Partly Cloudy 4%
    23. 10 PM 71° Mostly Clear 2%
    24. 11 PM 70° Mostly Clear 1%
  3. Thu 8/13 Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 18% 86° · 61°
    1. 12 AM 69° Partly Cloudy 3%
    2. 1 AM 67° Partly Cloudy 5%
    3. 2 AM 65° Partly Cloudy 6%
    4. 3 AM 65° Partly Cloudy 8%
    5. 4 AM 64° Mostly Clear 10%
    6. 5 AM 63° Partly Cloudy 11%
    7. 6 AM 64° Mostly Sunny 10%
    8. 7 AM 64° Mostly Sunny 8%
    9. 8 AM 68° Mostly Sunny 7%
    10. 9 AM 73° Sunny 1%
    11. 10 AM 77° Sunny 1%
    12. 11 AM 80° Sunny 1%
    13. 12 PM 82° Mostly Sunny 2%
    14. 1 PM 84° Mostly Sunny 2%
    15. 2 PM 84° Mostly Sunny 10%
    16. 3 PM 85° Mostly Sunny 12%
    17. 4 PM 85° Partly Sunny 14%
    18. 5 PM 84° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
    19. 6 PM 81° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 17%
    20. 7 PM 78° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 18%
    21. 8 PM 75° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    22. 9 PM 73° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    23. 10 PM 71° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    24. 11 PM 70° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
  4. Fri 8/14 Sunny 14% 82° · 56°
    1. 12 AM 68° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    2. 1 AM 67° Slight Chance Rain Showers 17%
    3. 2 AM 65° Slight Chance Rain Showers 17%
    4. 3 AM 63° Slight Chance Rain Showers 17%
    5. 4 AM 62° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    6. 5 AM 62° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    7. 6 AM 62° Mostly Sunny 14%
    8. 7 AM 64° Sunny 11%
    9. 8 AM 66° Sunny 7%
    10. 9 AM 69° Sunny 7%
    11. 10 AM 73° Sunny 6%
    12. 11 AM 76° Sunny 5%
    13. 12 PM 78° Sunny 5%
    14. 1 PM 80° Sunny 5%
    15. 2 PM 80° Sunny 8%
    16. 3 PM 81° Sunny 8%
    17. 4 PM 81° Sunny 8%
    18. 5 PM 80° Sunny 8%
    19. 6 PM 78° Clear 7%
    20. 7 PM 75° Clear 6%
    21. 8 PM 73° Clear 5%
    22. 9 PM 71° Clear 4%
    23. 10 PM 68° Clear 3%
    24. 11 PM 66° Clear 2%
  5. Sat 8/15 Sunny 2% 82° · 55°
    1. 12 AM 64° Clear 1%
    2. 1 AM 62° Clear 1%
    3. 2 AM 60° Clear 1%
    4. 3 AM 58° Clear 1%
    5. 4 AM 57° Clear
    6. 5 AM 56° Clear
    7. 6 AM 56° Sunny
    8. 7 AM 58° Sunny
    9. 8 AM 61° Sunny
    10. 9 AM 65° Sunny
    11. 10 AM 71° Sunny
    12. 11 AM 75° Sunny
    13. 12 PM 78° Sunny
    14. 1 PM 79° Sunny
    15. 2 PM 80° Sunny
    16. 3 PM 81° Sunny 1%
    17. 4 PM 82° Sunny 1%
    18. 5 PM 81° Sunny 1%
    19. 6 PM 79° Mostly Clear 1%
    20. 7 PM 77° Mostly Clear 1%
    21. 8 PM 74° Partly Cloudy 1%
    22. 9 PM 71° Partly Cloudy 1%
    23. 10 PM 68° Partly Cloudy 1%
    24. 11 PM 65° Partly Cloudy 1%
  6. Sun 8/16 Mostly Sunny 52% 81° · 60°
    1. 12 AM 63° Partly Cloudy 1%
    2. 1 AM 61° Partly Cloudy 1%
    3. 2 AM 60° Mostly Clear 1%
    4. 3 AM 58° Mostly Clear 2%
    5. 4 AM 57° Mostly Clear 2%
    6. 5 AM 56° Mostly Clear 2%
    7. 6 AM 56° Sunny 2%
    8. 7 AM 58° Sunny 2%
    9. 8 AM 61° Sunny 2%
    10. 9 AM 66° Sunny 2%
    11. 10 AM 71° Sunny 2%
    12. 11 AM 76° Sunny 2%
    13. 12 PM 78° Sunny 3%
    14. 1 PM 80° Sunny 4%
    15. 2 PM 80° Partly Sunny 5%
    16. 3 PM 81° Partly Sunny 6%
    17. 4 PM 81° Partly Sunny 7%
    18. 5 PM 80° Partly Sunny 9%
    19. 6 PM 78° Mostly Cloudy 13%
    20. 7 PM 76° Slight Chance Rain Showers 17%
    21. 8 PM 73° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    22. 9 PM 71° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 18%
    23. 10 PM 69° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 21%
    24. 11 PM 67° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 24%
  7. Mon 8/17 Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 51% 79° · 59°
    1. 12 AM 66° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 27%
    2. 1 AM 66° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 29%
    3. 2 AM 65° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 42%
    4. 3 AM 64° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 45%
    5. 4 AM 63° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 49%
    6. 5 AM 62° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 52%
    7. 6 AM 62° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 51%
    8. 7 AM 63° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 49%
    9. 8 AM 65° Chance Rain Showers 47%
    10. 9 AM 68° Chance Rain Showers 46%
    11. 10 AM 71° Chance Rain Showers 45%
    12. 11 AM 74° Chance Rain Showers 44%
    13. 12 PM 76° Chance Rain Showers 43%
    14. 1 PM 76° Chance Rain Showers 42%
    15. 2 PM 77° Chance Rain Showers 41%
    16. 3 PM 78° Chance Rain Showers 40%
    17. 4 PM 78° Chance Rain Showers 38%
    18. 5 PM 78° Chance Rain Showers 37%
    19. 6 PM 77° Chance Rain Showers 34%
    20. 7 PM 75° Chance Rain Showers 31%
    21. 8 PM 73° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    22. 9 PM 71° Slight Chance Rain Showers 16%
    23. 10 PM 69° Partly Cloudy 14%
    24. 11 PM 67° Partly Cloudy 12%
Extended outlook days 8–16
  1. Tue 8/18 Cloudy 15% 83° · 60°
  2. Wed 8/19 Drizzle 11% 86° · 63°
  3. Thu 8/20 Drizzle 15% 73° · 57°
  4. Fri 8/21 Cloudy 15% 77° · 54°
  5. Sat 8/22 Cloudy 24% 76° · 60°
  6. Sun 8/23 Drizzle 25% 86° · 67°
  7. Mon 8/24 Cloudy 40% 79° · 59°
  8. Tue 8/25 Drizzle 27% 83° · 53°
  9. Wed 8/26 Cloudy 27% 78° · 59°

Days 8+ from the Open-Meteo multi-model ensemble — treat as a guide; accuracy drops past day 7.

Best day this week

Mild temps, low rain chance, clearer skies.

Saturday, 8/15

Sunny, 82° / 55°

  1. Tomorrow86°62°
  2. Thu86°61°
  3. Fri82°56°
  4. Sat82°55°
  5. Sun81°60°
  6. Mon79°59°

Best time to head outside

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How well did we do?

Average miss by lead time.

Each morning we save the day's predicted high/low. As later days arrive, we grade what we said against what the station actually recorded.

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Day-by-day, 1 day out6 days
  1. Sun, Aug 9±3°
    High90°88°+2°
    Low66°69°-3°
  2. Sat, Aug 8pending
    High89°——
    Low70°——
  3. Fri, Aug 7pending
    High92°——
    Low73°——
  4. Thu, Aug 6pending
    High91°——
    Low71°——
  5. Wed, Aug 5pending
    High85°——
    Low65°——
  6. Tue, Aug 4pending
    High85°——
    Low61°——

Climate normals

What weather to expect in Lowell

Lowell in August typically averages 80° highs and 61° lows, with about 12 days of rain. The hottest stretch is July (average high 85°); the coldest is February (average low 16°). May is the wettest month on average.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainy days
Jan31°17°12
Feb33°16°9
Mar49°30°15
Apr59°39°15
May67°50°20
Jun79°60°14
Jul85°67°17
Aug80°61°12
Sep74°56°8
Oct63°46°8
Nov51°36°11
Dec36°22°13

Normals derived from the past two years of observations via Open-Meteo's historical archive.

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Detailed forecast (NWS)

This Afternoon
Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Northwest wind around 9 mph.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Northwest wind 1 to 5 mph.
Thursday
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. West wind 2 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday
Sunny, with a high near 82. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Forecast details

NWS gridpoint
BOX 61,112
Radar station
KBOX
Time zone
America/New_York
Coordinates
42.633, -71.316