Forecast Details for Medford, MA

Recent Locations: Medford, MA

Today: Showers likely, mainly after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 56. Southeast wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Showers, mainly before 5am. Patchy fog before 1am, then patchy fog after 3am. Low around 49. South wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Monday: A chance of showers, mainly between 3pm and 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 73. Southwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Monday Night: A chance of showers between 7pm and 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 77. Northwest wind around 7 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. South wind 6 to 8 mph becoming southwest after midnight.

Wednesday: A chance of showers after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. Southeast wind 6 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. North wind 9 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Thursday: A chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. East wind 9 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. East wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Friday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. East wind 11 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Northeast wind 11 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. Northeast wind 11 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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Weather Topic: What is Drizzle?

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Drizzle Next Topic: Evaporation

Drizzle is precipitation in the form of water droplets which are smaller than raindrops.

Drizzle is characterized by fine, gently falling droplets and typically does not impact human habitation in a negative way. The exception to this is freezing drizzle, a condition where drizzle freezes immediately upon reaching earth's surface. Freezing drizzle is still less dangerous than freezing rain, but can potentially result in hazardous road conditions.

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Weather Topic: What is Fog?

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Fog is technically a type of stratus cloud, which lies along the ground and obscures visibility.

It is usually created when humidity in the air condenses into tiny water droplets. Because of this, some places are more prone to foggy weather, such as regions close to a body of water.

Fog is similar to mist; both are the appearance of water droplets suspended in the air, but fog is the term applied to the condition when visibility is less than 1 km.

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