Temperature
59 F at 1 AM; 64 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 52 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 59F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 64F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 52F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Connecticut/Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport
Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport, Connecticut
Medium airport in Fairfield County, Connecticut58°
71°/53°
Overcast·
Feels like 58°·Light breeze 8 mph SE
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 10 AM (65%).
Now. Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport is 58° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 51°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the southeast at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 70° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 46° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (72%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:11 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 7 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
14Air quality
75%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
58feels58
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
7153
98%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5344
72%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5637
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5942
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
6445
13%
14mph
Wed
Oct 21
6347
17mph
Thu
Oct 22
6045
16mph
58°
71°53°
53°44°
56°37°
59°42°
64°45°
63°47°
60°45°
As of 2:00 AM in Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport, Connecticut.
Air quality
The air at Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport
Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Bridgeport (CT), 4 miles off.
14Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good3.5 mi
- Ozone-5 ppb23.3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good3.5 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.3 ppb11.1 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb3.5 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 11, good.
GoodModerate
- 11YesterdayOct 15
- 33TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport
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 Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport, the next 43 hours
Fog: visibility falls to 0.9 miles Fri 8 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BDR
- ICAO
- KBDR
- IATA
- BDR
- Field elevation
- 9 ft
- Serves
- Bridgeport
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BDR
- Wind now
- From 160° at 8 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:08
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 4,677 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 45° / 225° | 3 mph head, on 24 | 7 mph from the left |
| 11 / 29 | 4,759 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 97° / 277° | 4 mph head, on 11 | 7 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Bridgeport/Sikorsky (BDR), Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 51 F, the air 75% saturated; the humidity ran from 50% at 2 PM Thursday to 80% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 51F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 75%
- Humidity, range
- 50 to 80%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the south southeast at 1 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 10 AM Thursday, with a gust of 16 mph at 11 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the south southeast
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 10 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 16mph
- 11 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.10 inHg at 1 AM, falling 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.10inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.07inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.03inHg
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 12 AM; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,900ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 4
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
Bridgeport/Sikorsky: 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 Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/16 ft/7 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/-3 ft/12 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
MILFORD - Rt15SB - Sikorsky Brid CT US CTDOTCT010
Beside a road/6.1 mi away/143 ft/134 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Stratford 3.6 SCT-FR-90
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/224 ft/215 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
AnsoniaANSC3
At a cooperative observer's station/13.1 mi away/177 ft/168 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 Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Lordshipcommunity, 1 mi
- Stratford Downtowncommunity, 3 mi
- Bridgeportcity, 3 mi
- Milfordcity, 5 mi
- Trumbull Centercommunity, 6 mi
- Oronoquecommunity, 6 mi
- Fairfield Universitycommunity, 7 mi
- Sacred Heart Universitycommunity, 7 mi
- Mill Plaincommunity, 7 mi
- Plattsvillecommunity, 8 mi
- Woodmontborough, 8 mi
- Daniels Farmcommunity, 9 mi
Airports near Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport
- Tweed New Haven AirportHVN, 14 mi
- Waterbury Oxford AirportOXC, 22 mi
- Danbury Municipal AirportDXR, 23 mi
- Meriden Markham Municipal AirportMMK, 28 mi
- Chester AirportSNC, 36 mi
- Robertson Field4B8, 39 mi
- Hartford Brainard AirportHFD, 47 mi
- Groton New London AirportGON, 57 mi