Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
55.4°F
13.0°C
Cool
Clear
This Afternoon: Hi 60 °F
Tonight: Lo 38 °F
Dew Point:
45.0°F
Humidity:
68%
Barometer:
mb
Rain Rate: 0.00 in/hr
Rain Today: 0.00 in
Rain Sunday: 0.00 in
Visibility: 10 miles
Wind:
Now: Calm
Avg: Calm
Gusts: 0 mph
Issued by:
National Weather Service Boston / Norton, MA
Point Forecast Updated Mon Oct 19, 2026 1:23pm EDT
- Dry and seasonable through Tue night with gusty NE winds developing along the coast. Lows tonight and Tue night mainly in the 30s and 40s, with afternoon highs Tue in the upper 50s-middle 60s.
- Chances for rainfall towards coastal areas Wednesday into Thursday due to an offshore nor'easter well to our south. Main impacts from this system will be marine-based: rough seas, beach erosion, and strong winds.
Sunny
Hi 60 °F
Sunny, with a high near 60. East wind around 6 mph.
Partly Cloudy
Lo 38 °F
Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. Northeast wind 2 to 6 mph.
Mostly Sunny
Hi 63 °F
Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. North wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Partly Cloudy
Lo 42 °F
Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. Northeast wind 6 to 9 mph.
Mostly Sunny
Hi 55 °F
Mostly sunny, with a high near 55. Northeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Mostly Cloudy
Lo 41 °F
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. North wind around 7 mph.
Mostly Sunny
Hi 63 °F
Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. North wind around 7 mph.
Mostly Clear
Lo 42 °F
Mostly clear, with a low around 42. Northwest wind around 9 mph.
Sunny
Hi 55 °F
Sunny, with a high near 55. North wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Mostly Clear
Lo 37 °F
Mostly clear, with a low around 37. North wind around 5 mph.
Sunny
Hi 58 °F
Sunny, with a high near 58. Northwest wind around 3 mph.
Clear
Lo 39 °F
Clear, with a low around 39. West wind around 3 mph.
Sunny
Hi 64 °F
Sunny, with a high near 64. West wind around 5 mph.
Mostly Clear
Lo 44 °F
Mostly clear, with a low around 44. Southwest wind around 5 mph.
Issued by:
National Weather Service Boston / Norton, MA
Updated Mon Oct 19, 2026 1:23pm EDT

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FXUS61 KBOX 191837
AFDBOX
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
237 PM EDT Mon Oct 19 2026
.WHAT HAS CHANGED...
No significant changes.
&&
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Dry and seasonable through Tue night with gusty NE winds
developing along the coast. Lows tonight and Tue night mainly
in the 30s and 40s, with afternoon highs Tue in the upper
50s-middle 60s.
- Chances for rainfall towards coastal areas Wednesday into
Thursday due to an offshore nor'easter well to our south.
Main impacts from this system will be marine-based: rough
seas, beach erosion, and strong winds.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
KEY MESSAGE 1...Dry and seasonable through Tue night with gusty
NE winds developing along the coast. Lows tonight and Tue
night mainly in the 30s and 40s, with afternoon highs Tue in the
upper 50s-middle 60s.
Dry and seasonable weather continues through Tue night. Large
high pressure across eastern Canada coupled with low pressure
off the North Carolina coast will result in an increasing
pressure gradient. This will result in a N-NE winds increasing
Tue into Tue night along the coastal plain. Northeast wind gusts
of 20-30 mph are expected to develop along the I-95 corridor
with 30-40 mph wind gusts for the Cape and Islands. In fact,
Nantucket may see a few gusts on the order of 45+ mph and
approach marginal Wind Advisory criteria.
We expect dry weather to prevail through Tue night outside the
low risk for a few showers reaching Nantucket. We may see some
low clouds at times develop towards the southeast New England
coast, but the greater risk for eastern MA/RI may wait until
very late Tue night.
Low temps tonight and Tue night will be mainly in the 30s and
40s. The mildest lows will be across the Cape/Islands, where
gusty NE winds will hold overnight low temps in the middle 40s
to the lower 50s. High temperatures on Tuesday will be in the
upper 50s to the middle 60s. The warmest of those highs will be
across the interior with the coolest temps will be towards the
Cape and Islands given the marine influence.
KEY MESSAGE 2...Chances for rainfall towards coastal areas
Wednesday into Thursday due to an offshore nor'easter well to
our south. Main impacts from this system will be marine-based:
rough seas, beach erosion, and strong winds.
Confidence remains high that an offshore nor'easter will remain
mainly south of our region. The questions are: how close does
it approach southern New England? And how quickly will it move
past us?
The NAM continues to be the farthest west of most of the
guidance. The majority of solutions keep this low pressure well
south of the 40N/70W benchmark. There are large differences in
timing, with the GFS on the slower end, and the ECMWF the most
progressive. All things considered, there is a risk for showers
across southeast MA and perhaps part of eastern RI sometime from
Wednesday afternoon into Thursday morning. Most of southern New
England will remain dry during this time. Total rainfall should
be light, with perhaps Nantucket seeing around one quarter inch.
The main impacts from this nor'easter will be over the coastal
marine areas. NE gales continue to be expected across the
southern waters, as well as rough seas. Rough seas also expected
across the eastern waters, but will not be quite as high.
Persistent easterly fetch associated with these winds, along
with building rough seas, will need to be monitored as well, as
beach erosion along east- and northeast-facing beaches may
become an issue.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
Forecaster Confidence Levels...
Low - less than 30 percent.
Moderate - 30 to 60 percent.
High - greater than 60 percent.
Through Tuesday Night...High confidence.
Mainly VFR conditions continue through Tue, but some brief MVFR
cigs may flirt with the Cape/Islands at times. Appears a greater
risk for low clouds/MVFR cigs to overspread eastern MA/RI very
late Tue night.
KBOS Terminal...High confidence in TAF.
KBDL Terminal...High confidence in TAF.
Outlook /Wednesday through Saturday/...
Wednesday: Mainly VFR, with local MVFR possible. Windy with
gusts up to 35 kt.
Wednesday Night: VFR. Windy with areas of gusts up to 30 kt.
Thursday through Thursday Night: VFR. Windy with local gusts up
to 30 kt.
Friday through Friday Night: VFR. Breezy.
Saturday: VFR.
&&
.MARINE...
Forecaster Confidence Levels...
Low - less than 30 percent.
Moderate - 30 to 60 percent.
High - greater than 60 percent.
Through Tuesday Night...High confidence.
High pressure over eastern Canada will combined with low
pressure off the North Carolina coast. This will result in an
increasing NE pressure gradient and increasing winds through
Tue night. Strong small craft headlines remain posted for our
northern waters with gale warnings for our southern waters. NE
wind gusts of 30-40 knots are expected, strongest of which will
be for our southern waters where a few gusts near 45 knots are
possible. Seas should build to between 7 and 13 feet by daybreak
Wed with the highest across our southern-most outer waters.
Outlook /Wednesday through Saturday/...
Wednesday: Moderate risk for gale force winds with gusts up to
40 kt. Rough seas up to 15 ft. Chance of rain showers.
Wednesday Night: Strong winds with gusts up to 40 kt. Rough
seas up to 14 ft. Chance of rain showers.
Thursday: Low risk for gale force winds with gusts up to 35 kt.
Rough seas up to 13 ft. Chance of rain showers.
Thursday Night: Strong winds with gusts up to 30 kt. Rough seas
up to 12 ft.
Friday: Strong winds with areas of gusts up to 30 kt. Rough
seas up to 13 ft.
Friday Night: Low risk for Small Craft Advisory winds with
gusts up to 25 kt. Rough seas up to 13 ft.
Saturday: Winds less than 25 kt. Rough seas up to 12 ft.
&&
.BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...None.
MA...None.
RI...None.
MARINE...Small Craft Advisory from 8 AM Tuesday to 4 PM EDT Wednesday
for ANZ230-236.
Gale Warning from 8 PM this evening to 8 PM EDT Wednesday for
ANZ231>235-237-254>256-281>283.
Small Craft Advisory from 8 PM this evening to 8 PM EDT
Wednesday for ANZ250-251.
&&
$$
DISCUSSION...Belk/Frank
AVIATION...Belk/Frank
MARINE...Belk/Frank
Radar images courtesy Weather Underground / Intellicast.
UV Index forecast high for today: 4 Medium
Current (Estimated): 0 None
Note: Rain measured automatically by weather station. Rain totals do not necessarily include melted frozen precipitation.
For more accurate, manually measured rain data, see the Local Precip Data page.
0.00 in
Rain Rate (/hr):
0.00 in
Rain Last 60 min:
0.00 in
Rain Today:
0.00 in
Sunday:
2.24 in
October:
26.58 in
2026
1:50pm
60.1°F
High today:
7:52am
36.7°F
Low today:
2:50pm
55.6°F
High Sunday:
6:41am
31.5°F
Low Sunday:
7:52am
36.7°F
Low wind chill today:
6:41am
31.5°F
Low wind chill Sunday:
12:46pm
45.9°F
High dew pt today:
5:17pm
38.3°F
High dew pt Sunday:
10:48am
6 mph
Wind gust today:
12:03pm
2 mph
Wind gust Sunday:
No alerts/warnings active for Southeast Middlesex County.
No snow expected in Lexington.
First Light:
6:34am
Sunrise:
7:03am
Sunset:
5:57pm
Twilight ends:
6:25pm
Daylight length:
10 hours 54 minutes
Phase:
Waxing Gibbous (61%)
Moon rise:
2:55pm
Moon set:
No moon set today