Temperature
52 F at 4 AM; 64 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 9 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 52F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 64F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 46F
- 9 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Connecticut/Bradley International Airport
Bradley International Airport, Connecticut
Large airport in Hartford County, Connecticut52°
71°/44°
Light rain·
Feels like 52°·Light breeze 6 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 9 AM (76%).
Now. Bradley International Airport is 52° and light rain at 4 AM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 70° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is possible tomorrow (42%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:08 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:55 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 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
86%Humidity
91%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
52feels52
now, rain light
Today
Oct 16
7144
97%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5242
42%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5531
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6034
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6438
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
6342
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
6040
partly cloudy day
52°
71°44°
52°42°
55°31°
60°34°
64°38°
63°42°
60°40°
As of 4:00 AM in Bradley International Airport, Connecticut.
Air quality
The air at Bradley International Airport
Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Hartford (CT), 11 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good11.2 mi
- Ozone9Good16 ppb11.2 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good11.2 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide8Good9 ppb11.2 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb13.6 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm11.7 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.
GoodModerate
- 29YesterdayOct 15
- 33TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Bradley International Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 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 Bradley International Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BDL
- ICAO
- KBDL
- IATA
- BDL
- Field elevation
- 173 ft
- Serves
- Hartford
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- BDL
- Wind now
- From 200° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:20
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 9,510 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt | 44° / 224° | 5 mph head, on 24 | 2 mph from the left |
| 15 / 33 | 6,847 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 134° / 314° | 2 mph head, on 15 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Hartford/Bradley (BDL), Bradley International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 49 F, the air 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 35% at 4 PM Thursday to 89% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 49F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 88%
- Humidity, range
- 35 to 89%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
6 mph from the south southwest at 4 AM; at its strongest 16 mph, 9 AM Thursday, with a gust of 24 mph at 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 6mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 16mph
- 9 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 24mph
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.02 inHg at 4 AM, falling 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.10 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.02inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.09inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.10inHg
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 2,200 ft at 2 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,700ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,200ft
- 2 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
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
- 0.00in
- 4 AM
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Hartford/Bradley: 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 Bradley International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/180 ft/7 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
WINDSOR - 91SB - At Rt 75CT038
Beside a road/6.1 mi away/124 ft/49 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.7 mi away/72 ft/101 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Windsor Locks 3.2 SWCT-HR-102
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/163 ft/10 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Barkhamsted RSVRBRKC3
At a reservoir/14.2 mi away/735 ft/562 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Barkhamsted RSVR (BRKC3), 14.2 miles from here, read 6 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Connecticut
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Bradley International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Windsor Lockscommunity, 2 mi
- Suffield Depotcommunity, 4 mi
- Tariffvillecommunity, 5 mi
- Salmon Brookcommunity, 6 mi
- Thompsonvillecommunity, 6 mi
- Southwood Acrescommunity, 6 mi
- Simsbury Centercommunity, 7 mi
- Broad Brookcommunity, 8 mi
- Sherwood Manorcommunity, 8 mi
- Blue Hillscommunity, 9 mi
- Hazardvillecommunity, 9 mi
- West Simsburycommunity, 9 mi
Airports near Bradley International Airport
- Hartford Brainard AirportHFD, 14 mi
- Robertson Field4B8, 19 mi
- Windham AirportIJD, 29 mi
- Meriden Markham Municipal AirportMMK, 31 mi
- Waterbury Oxford AirportOXC, 39 mi
- Chester AirportSNC, 39 mi
- Tweed New Haven AirportHVN, 48 mi
- Groton New London AirportGON, 54 mi