Housatonic River AT Falls VillageFLVC3
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.2 mi away/951 ft/1,269 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Parks/Connecticut/Taconic State Park
Taconic State Park, Connecticut
State Park in Connecticut42°
63°/38°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 39°·Light breeze 5 mph SE
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 7 AM, the chance peaking at 84% around 9 AM.
Now. Taconic State Park is 42° and partly cloudy at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the southeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 62° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 8 AM, with some cloud. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 57°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 42°. Rain is possible tomorrow (34%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 24°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:11 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. The day is 11 hours 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
30Air quality
89%Humidity
59%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
42feels39
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
6338
97%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
4233
34%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5024
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5328
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
5731
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
5633
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5331
mostly clear day
42°
63°38°
42°33°
50°24°
53°28°
57°31°
56°33°
53°31°
As of 12:00 AM in Taconic State Park, Connecticut.
Air quality
The air at Taconic State Park
Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Torrington (CT), 18 miles off.
30Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good17.2 mi
- Ozone30Good24 ppb17.2 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)4Good17.2 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb17.2 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm17.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 33, good.
GoodModerate
- 33YesterdayOct 15
- 17TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Taconic State Park
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 Taconic State Park, the next 45 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 6.41 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 2,220 ft
- County
- -
- State
- Connecticut
- Latitude
- 42.0392° N
- Longitude
- 73.4878° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Taconic State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
SHARON - Sharon Valley Rd - Shar CT US CTDOTCT032
Beside a road/11.0 mi away/522 ft/1,698 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station DW9759DW9759
In a volunteer observer's own ground/25.9 mi away/858 ft/1,362 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Canaan 5.8 SWCT-LT-36
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/715 ft/1,505 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Reference Climate StationNFKC3
At a cooperative observer's station/14.5 mi away/1,348 ft/872 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Reference Climate Station (NFKC3), 14.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Connecticut
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Taconic State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Bear Mountainfeature, 2 mi
- Lakevillecommunity, 6 mi
- Canaancommunity, 8 mi
- Falls Villagecommunity, 9 mi
- Sharoncommunity, 11 mi
- West Cornwallcommunity, 14 mi
- Norfolkcommunity, 15 mi
- Cornwallcommunity, 16 mi
- Mohawk Mountainski area, 17 mi
- Cornwall Bridgecommunity, 17 mi
- Winstedcommunity, 23 mi
- Rivertoncommunity, 25 mi