Temperature
48 F at 12 AM; 64 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 47 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 48F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 64F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 47F
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Connecticut/Robertson Field
Robertson Field, Connecticut
Small airport in Hartford County, Connecticut48°
70°/46°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 48°·Calm 1 mph SSE
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 9 AM (75%).
Now. Robertson Field is 48° and mostly cloudy at 2 AM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 69° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 43° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is likely tomorrow (55%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:09 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:57 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 6 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
29Air quality
93%Humidity
73%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
48feels48
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
7046
97%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
5143
55%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5532
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5836
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6339
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
6143
12mph
Thu
Oct 22
5839
mostly clear day
48°
70°46°
51°43°
55°32°
58°36°
63°39°
61°43°
58°39°
As of 2:00 AM in Robertson Field, Connecticut.
Air quality
The air at Robertson Field
Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Waterbury (CT), 13 miles off.
29Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good10.9 mi
- Ozone-6 ppb13.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)12Good10.9 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide13Good14.6 ppb10.9 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb24.9 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm10.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 15, good.
GoodModerate
- 15YesterdayOct 15
- 28TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Robertson Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Robertson Field, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 4B8
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 200 ft
- Serves
- Plainville
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 4B8
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 3,666 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 19° / 199° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Plainville (4B8), Robertson Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 46 F, the air 95% saturated; the humidity ran from 31% at 2 PM Thursday to 96% at 11 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 46F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 95%
- Humidity, range
- 31 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 10 AM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 9 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 10 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 18mph
- 9 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.12 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.12inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.05inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.05inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,900 ft at 5 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 9 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,900ft
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 9
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Plainville: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Robertson Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Plainville4B8
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/200 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
PLAINVILLE - I84WB - Between Rt7 CT US CTDOTCT029
Beside a road/1.5 mi away/225 ft/25 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Thomaston Rsvr DamTMSC3
At a dam/10.2 mi away/423 ft/223 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Farmington 4.9 WSWCT-HR-41
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/258 ft/58 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
New Britian - Shuttle MeadowNWBC3
At a cooperative observer's station/3.7 mi away/364 ft/164 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Connecticut
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Robertson Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Bristolcity, 4 mi
- New Britaincity, 5 mi
- Kensingtoncommunity, 6 mi
- Newingtoncommunity, 7 mi
- Terryvillecommunity, 7 mi
- Plantsvillecommunity, 7 mi
- West Hartfordcommunity, 8 mi
- Mount Southingtonski area, 8 mi
- Collinsvillecommunity, 9 mi
- Canton Valleycommunity, 10 mi
- Wethersfieldcommunity, 10 mi
- Hartfordcity, 10 mi
Airports near Robertson Field
- Hartford Brainard AirportHFD, 12 mi
- Meriden Markham Municipal AirportMMK, 13 mi
- Bradley International AirportBDL, 19 mi
- Waterbury Oxford AirportOXC, 20 mi
- Chester AirportSNC, 28 mi
- Tweed New Haven AirportHVN, 30 mi
- Windham AirportIJD, 35 mi
- Danbury Municipal AirportDXR, 39 mi