Temperature
51 F at 10 PM; 63 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 48 F at its coolest, 8 PM.
- Now
- 51F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 63F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 48F
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Connecticut/Waterbury Oxford Airport
Waterbury Oxford Airport, Connecticut
Small airport in New Haven County, Connecticut50°
62°/48°
Clear·
Feels like 50°·Light breeze 5 mph SE
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM (71%).
Now. Waterbury Oxford Airport is 50° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the southeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 48° by 11 PM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 69°, and the coolest Saturday, near 48°. Rain is likely tomorrow (97%). Rain is possible Saturday (49%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
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
32Air quality
89%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
50feels50
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6248
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 16
6946
97%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
4842
49%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5432
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5735
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6239
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
6043
14mph
50°
62°48°
69°46°
48°42°
54°32°
57°35°
62°39°
60°43°
As of 11:00 PM in Waterbury Oxford Airport, Connecticut.
Air quality
The air at Waterbury Oxford Airport
Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Waterbury (CT), 7 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)16Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 49, good.
GoodModerate
- 49YesterdayOct 14
- 33TodayOct 15
- 28FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Waterbury Oxford 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 Waterbury Oxford Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- OXC
- ICAO
- KOXC
- IATA
- OXC
- Field elevation
- 726 ft
- Serves
- Oxford
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- OXC
- Wind now
- From 160° at 6 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 5,800 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 171° / 351° | 6 mph head, on 18 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Oxford (AWOS) (OXC), Waterbury Oxford 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 40% at 3 PM to 89% at 10 PM.
- Dew point now
- 48F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 89%
- Humidity, range
- 40 to 89%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
6 mph from the southeast at 11 PM; at its strongest 13 mph, 2 AM, with a gust of 17 mph at 1 AM.
- Now
- 6mph
- from the southeast
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 2 AM
- Highest gust
- 17mph
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.16 inHg at 11 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.13 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.16inHg
- 11 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.13inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 1 PM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 1 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 7 AM; a base was reported in 8 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,600ft
- 7 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 8
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
Oxford (AWOS): 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 Waterbury Oxford Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/728 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
MIDDLEBURY- I84WB - South of Sou CT US CTDOTCT015
Beside a road/2.5 mi away/786 ft/60 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
BRANCH BROOK AT Black Rock LakeTRBC3
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.4 mi away/458 ft/268 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Oxford 1.5 NWCT-NH-54
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/518 ft/208 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
AnsoniaANSC3
At a cooperative observer's station/9.6 mi away/177 ft/549 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 Waterbury Oxford Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Naugatuckborough, 5 mi
- Heritage Villagecommunity, 5 mi
- Woodbury Centercommunity, 6 mi
- Waterburycity, 7 mi
- Sandy Hookcommunity, 7 mi
- Oakvillecommunity, 8 mi
- Watertowncommunity, 9 mi
- East Villagecommunity, 9 mi
- Ansoniacity, 10 mi
- Newtownborough, 10 mi
- Botsfordcommunity, 11 mi
- Derbycity, 11 mi
Airports near Waterbury Oxford Airport
- Meriden Markham Municipal AirportMMK, 16 mi
- Danbury Municipal AirportDXR, 19 mi
- Tweed New Haven AirportHVN, 20 mi
- Robertson Field4B8, 20 mi
- Igor I Sikorsky Memorial AirportBDR, 22 mi
- Hartford Brainard AirportHFD, 31 mi
- Chester AirportSNC, 33 mi
- Bradley International AirportBDL, 39 mi