Airports/Connecticut/Windham Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 72% around 10 AM.
Now. Windham Airport is 46° and partly cloudy at 12 AM. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 68° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is likely tomorrow (83%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:06 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:54 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 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Windham Airport, Connecticut.
Air quality
Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Stafford (CT), 19 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 34, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 11 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 4,271 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 74° / 254° | Calm | Calm |
| 18 / 36 unlit | 2,799 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 163° / 343° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Willimantic (ASOS) (IJD), Windham Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
45 F at 11 PM Thursday; 65 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 45 F at its coolest, 11 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 43 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 28% at 2 PM Thursday to 93% at 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
1 mph from the north northwest at 11 PM Thursday; at its strongest 13 mph, 9 AM Thursday, with a gust of 25 mph at 8 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.17 inHg at 11 PM Thursday, steady over 3 hours; 0.16 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 3,000 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 6 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Willimantic (ASOS): every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Windham 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/249 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Natchaug River 2 SW Mansfield Hollow LkMFDC3
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.9 mi away/171 ft/76 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
MANSFIELD - 6WB - East of Mansfi CT US CTDOTCT035
Beside a road/1.9 mi away/270 ft/23 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
South Windham 1.3 NNECT-WN-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/206 ft/41 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
StorrsSTRC3
At a cooperative observer's station/4.3 mi away/653 ft/406 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Storrs (STRC3), 4.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.