Temperature
51 F at 12 AM; 64 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 48 F at its coolest, 9 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 51F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 64F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 48F
- 9 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Connecticut/Hartford Brainard Airport
Hartford Brainard Airport, Connecticut
Medium airport in Hartford County, Connecticut51°
71°/47°
Clear·
Feels like 51°·Light air 4 mph SSE
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 72% around 10 AM.
Now. Hartford Brainard Airport is 51° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the south-southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 70° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 44° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (69%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:08 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:56 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
27Air quality
89%Humidity
7%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
51feels51
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7147
97%
13mph
Sat
Oct 17
5244
69%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5632
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5937
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6441
10%
Wed
Oct 21
6243
12mph
Thu
Oct 22
5940
mostly clear day
51°
71°47°
52°44°
56°32°
59°37°
64°41°
62°43°
59°40°
As of 1:00 AM in Hartford Brainard Airport, Connecticut.
Air quality
The air at Hartford Brainard Airport
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Hartford (CT), 3 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good2.7 mi
- Ozone6Good5 ppb3.3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)8Good2.7 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide12Good13.4 ppb2.7 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm2.7 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 48, good.
GoodModerate
- 48YesterdayOct 15
- 33TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Hartford Brainard Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Hartford Brainard Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- HFD
- ICAO
- KHFD
- IATA
- HFD
- Field elevation
- 18 ft
- Serves
- Hartford
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- HFD
- Wind now
- From 180° at 3 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 4,417 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 9° / 189° | 3 mph head, on 20 | None |
| 11 / 29 | 2,314 ft | 71 ft | Asphalt | 99° / 279° | 0 mph head, on 11 | 3 mph from the right |
| NE / SW unlit | 2,323 ft | 150 ft | Turf | 9° / 189° | 3 mph head, on SW | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Hartford/Brainard (HFD), Hartford Brainard Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 48 F, the air 89% saturated; the humidity ran from 37% at 3 PM Thursday to 89% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 48F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 89%
- Humidity, range
- 37 to 89%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
2 mph from the south at 12 AM; at its strongest 14 mph, 10 AM Thursday, with a gust of 25 mph at 9 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 2mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 14mph
- 10 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 25mph
- 9 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.12 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.12inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.04inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.08inHg
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 3,500 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 6 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 3,500ft
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 6
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
Hartford/Brainard: 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 Hartford Brainard Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/20 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
EAST HARTFORD - I384WB - OP to I CT US CTDOTCT001
Beside a road/4.2 mi away/176 ft/158 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.5 mi away/72 ft/54 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Hartford 2.5 SSECT-HR-144
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/42 ft/24 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
New Britian - Shuttle MeadowNWBC3
At a cooperative observer's station/10.5 mi away/364 ft/346 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.
Bear MountainfeatureBridgeportcityConnecticut RiverfeatureDanburycityHartfordcityMiddletowncityMohawk Mountainski areaMount Southingtonski areaNew BritaincityNew HavencityNew LondoncityNorwalkcityNorwichcityOld SaybrooktownPowder Ridgeski areaSki Sundownski areaStamfordcityTorringtoncityWaterburycityWillimantictown
Near Hartford Brainard Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- East Hartfordcommunity, 3 mi
- Wethersfieldcommunity, 3 mi
- Hartfordcity, 3 mi
- Glastonbury Centercommunity, 4 mi
- West Hartfordcommunity, 5 mi
- Newingtoncommunity, 5 mi
- Blue Hillscommunity, 6 mi
- Manchestercommunity, 7 mi
- New Britaincity, 9 mi
- Kensingtoncommunity, 10 mi
- Portlandcommunity, 11 mi
- Weatoguecommunity, 12 mi
Airports near Hartford Brainard Airport
- Robertson Field4B8, 12 mi
- Bradley International AirportBDL, 14 mi
- Meriden Markham Municipal AirportMMK, 18 mi
- Windham AirportIJD, 24 mi
- Chester AirportSNC, 25 mi
- Waterbury Oxford AirportOXC, 31 mi
- Tweed New Haven AirportHVN, 35 mi
- Groton New London AirportGON, 42 mi