Barometric Pressure Forecast for Beverly, Massachusetts
Barometric pressure forecast for Beverly, Massachusetts — on the North Shore of Massachusetts Bay near Cape Ann. Check current barometric pressure and what it means for weather-sensitive people.
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Pressure and weather in Beverly
Beverly sits on the rocky North Shore where the Danvers River meets Massachusetts Bay, a few miles south-west of Cape Ann and directly exposed to the open Atlantic to the east. This coastline is one of the great nor'easter targets of the world. Coastal lows tracking north-east past the Gulf of Maine frequently undergo bombogenesis — deepening by twenty-four hectopascals or more in twenty-four hours — and Beverly's barometer records the full extent of it. The strongest of these storms combine a very low centre, a long fetch of north-east wind driving water against the shore, and astronomical high tides, which is the combination behind the flooding that periodically reaches the harbour. Track is decisive: a low passing east of the benchmark point south of Nantucket keeps the North Shore in snow, while one passing closer to the coast draws milder ocean air in and turns it to rain, and the difference can be fifty miles. Away from the storm season the ocean works in reverse, holding the shoreline cool and grey through late spring while inland Essex County warms, and generating a reliable afternoon sea breeze through the summer.
What this means for you
The North Shore produces genuinely extreme pressure events — falls steep enough and deep enough that almost anyone sensitive to weather will notice them. A barometric pressure forecast with a rapid-drop alert is the practical tool here, because the most intense phase of a bombing low often passes in under twelve hours.