Temperature
53 F at 10 PM; 63 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 50 F at its coolest, 8 PM.
- Now
- 53F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 63F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 50F
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Connecticut/Danbury Municipal Airport
Danbury Municipal Airport, Connecticut
Medium airport in Fairfield County, Connecticut52°
63°/47°
Clear·
Feels like 52°·Light breeze 5 mph SSE
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM (72%).
Now. Danbury Municipal Airport is 52° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 49° by 11 PM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 71°, and the coolest Saturday, near 50°. Rain is likely tomorrow (95%). Rain is possible Saturday (47%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 31°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south. 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 9 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
86%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
52feels52
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6347
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 16
7147
95%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
5040
47%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5531
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5935
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6339
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
6241
clear day
52°
63°47°
71°47°
50°40°
55°31°
59°35°
63°39°
62°41°
As of 11:00 PM in Danbury Municipal Airport, Connecticut.
Air quality
The air at Danbury Municipal Airport
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Danbury (CT), 3 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 46, good.
GoodModerate
- 46YesterdayOct 14
- 28TodayOct 15
- 28FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Danbury Municipal Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Danbury Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- DXR
- ICAO
- KDXR
- IATA
- DXR
- Field elevation
- 458 ft
- Serves
- Danbury
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- DXR
- Wind now
- From 180° at 5 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 4,421 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 70° / 250° | 2 mph head, on 26 | 5 mph from the left |
| 17 / 35 unlit | 3,135 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 154° / 334° | 4 mph head, on 17 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Danbury Municipal (DXR), Danbury Municipal 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 86% saturated; the humidity ran from 52% at 2 PM to 93% at 8 PM.
- Dew point now
- 49F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 86%
- Humidity, range
- 52 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Set aside today: the gust read 22 mph in 10 reports in a row from 1 PM, the mark of a sensor that has stuck, so none of the day's wind is counted.
- Now
- -
- Strongest
- -
- Highest gust
- -
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.15 inHg at 11 PM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.11 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.15inHg
- 11 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.03inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.11inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 3 PM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 3 PM
- 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 2,600 ft at 8 AM; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,600ft
- 8 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
Danbury Municipal: 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 Danbury Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/456 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
DANBURY - I84WB - On ramp from W CT US CTDOTCT014
Beside a road/2.5 mi away/463 ft/5 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Long Island Sound AT StamfordSTDC3
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.3 mi away/0 ft/458 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Ridgefield 5.7 NCT-FR-48
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/640 ft/182 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
DanburryDANC3
At a cooperative observer's station/3.9 mi away/318 ft/140 ft below 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 Danbury Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Danburycity, 2 mi
- Ridgeburycommunity, 3 mi
- Lakes Eastcommunity, 3 mi
- Lakes Westcommunity, 3 mi
- Route 7 Gatewaycommunity, 4 mi
- Bethelcommunity, 4 mi
- Mamanasco Lakecommunity, 4 mi
- West Mountaincommunity, 6 mi
- Topstonecommunity, 6 mi
- Taylor Cornerscommunity, 6 mi
- Ridgefieldcommunity, 7 mi
- Ball Pondcommunity, 7 mi
Airports near Danbury Municipal Airport
- Waterbury Oxford AirportOXC, 19 mi
- Igor I Sikorsky Memorial AirportBDR, 23 mi
- Tweed New Haven AirportHVN, 32 mi
- Meriden Markham Municipal AirportMMK, 35 mi
- Robertson Field4B8, 39 mi
- Hartford Brainard AirportHFD, 50 mi
- Chester AirportSNC, 51 mi
- Bradley International AirportBDL, 57 mi