Temperature
47 F at 12 AM; 64 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 9 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 47F
- 12 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/Meriden Markham Municipal Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 9 AM (68%).
Now. Meriden Markham Municipal Airport is 47° and mostly cloudy at 1 AM. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 69° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 44° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is likely tomorrow (64%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:09 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:58 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 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Meriden Markham Municipal Airport, Connecticut.
Air quality
Index 30, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Waterbury (CT), 12 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 49, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 3,100 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 162° / 342° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Meriden Markham Muni Airport (MMK), Meriden Markham Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
47 F at 12 AM; 64 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 9 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 45 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 37% at 4 PM Thursday to 96% at 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 9 AM Thursday, with a gust of 30 mph at 2 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.13 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.08 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 3,300 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 9 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
The 5 instruments nearest Meriden Markham Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Meriden Markham Muni AirportMMK
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/102 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
MERIDEN - I691EB At Exit 8CT040
Beside a road/3.3 mi away/275 ft/172 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Quinnipiac River AT WallingfordWALC3
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.1 mi away/39 ft/64 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Wallingford 3.1 NCT-NH-93
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/131 ft/28 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Mount CarmelMTCC3
At a cooperative observer's station/8.0 mi away/184 ft/81 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.