Chicopee, Massachusetts Weather
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Chicopee weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 3Clear——84°49°—
- ThursdayJun 4Overcast——86°56°+2°
- FridayJun 5Overcast——84°57°-2°
- SaturdayJun 6Heavy Drizzle28%0.02″87°61°+3°
- SundayJun 7Light Drizzle71%—76°50°-11°
- MondayJun 8Clear37%—79°48°+3°
- TuesdayJun 9Partly Cloudy——84°49°+5°
Ozone at AQI 500 now. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). With UV 7.8 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 518 by mid-afternoon.
AVOID OUTDOORS Avoid outdoor exertion. Keep windows closed; use HEPA filtration indoors if available.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 500 now. With UV 7.8 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 518 by mid-afternoon.
- Present
- AQI 500
- UV peak
- 7.8 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- clear
- Projected peak
- AQI 518
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 7.9 µg/m³, PM10 at 9.1 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.87
- Wind
- light
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- background
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
- Moonrise
- 2:49 AM
- Moonset
- 11:37 AM
- In sign
- ♑︎ Capricorn
Fireflies rise from the lawn
Chicopee at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 8°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 29 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jun 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of June 3, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.