Temperature
50 F at 11 PM; 68 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 49 F at its coolest, 9 PM.
- Now
- 50F
- 11 PM
- Highest
- 68F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 49F
- 9 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Connecticut/Chester Airport
Chester Airport, Connecticut
Small airport in Middlesex County, Connecticut49°
63°/51°
Clear·
Feels like 49°·Calm 1 mph SSE
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 10 AM (73%).
Now. Chester Airport is 49° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 50°, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 70°, and the coolest Saturday, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (93%) and Saturday (82%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
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 8 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
16Air quality
93%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
49feels49
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6351
clear day
Fri
Oct 16
7050
93%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
5346
82%
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
5635
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5940
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6444
12%
Wed
Oct 21
6346
mostly clear day
49°
63°51°
70°50°
53°46°
56°35°
59°40°
64°44°
63°46°
As of 11:00 PM in Chester Airport, Connecticut.
Air quality
The air at Chester Airport
Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, New Haven (CT), 22 miles off.
16Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
- Ozone16Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 53, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 53YesterdayOct 14
- 28TodayOct 15
- 33FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Chester 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 Chester Airport, the next 46 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 11 AM, under a mile for 10 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SNC
- ICAO
- KSNC
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 416 ft
- Serves
- Chester
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SNC
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 23:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 2,722 ft | 50 ft | Asphalt | 161° / 341° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Chester (SNC), Chester 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 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 29% at 2 PM to 100% at 9 PM.
- Dew point now
- 48F
- 11 PM
- Humidity now
- 93%
- Humidity, range
- 29 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 11 PM; at its strongest 12 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 21 mph at 12 AM.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 12 AM
- Highest gust
- 21mph
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.18 inHg at 11 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.17 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.18inHg
- 11 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.17inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 7 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 7 AM
- 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 2,800 ft at 9 AM; a base was reported in 3 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,800ft
- 9 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 3
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
Chester: 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 Chester 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
ChesterSNC
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/416 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/5.1 mi away/190 ft/226 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Coginchaug River AT CoginchaugCOGC3
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.0 mi away/154 ft/262 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Chester Center 2.7 WNWCT-MD-30
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/489 ft/73 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GuilfordGULC3
At a cooperative observer's station/10.9 mi away/24 ft/392 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 Chester Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Chester Centercommunity, 3 mi
- Deep River Centercommunity, 4 mi
- Essex Villagecommunity, 6 mi
- Connecticut Riverfeature, 7 mi
- Clintoncommunity, 8 mi
- Westbrook Centercommunity, 8 mi
- Higganumcommunity, 8 mi
- Madison Centercommunity, 9 mi
- Saybrook Manorcommunity, 9 mi
- Mooduscommunity, 9 mi
- Old Saybrooktown, 9 mi
- Durhamcommunity, 11 mi
Airports near Chester Airport
- Meriden Markham Municipal AirportMMK, 19 mi
- Tweed New Haven AirportHVN, 22 mi
- Groton New London AirportGON, 24 mi
- Hartford Brainard AirportHFD, 25 mi
- Robertson Field4B8, 28 mi
- Windham AirportIJD, 30 mi
- Waterbury Oxford AirportOXC, 33 mi
- Igor I Sikorsky Memorial AirportBDR, 36 mi