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Bantam, Connecticut

Borough in Litchfield County, Connecticut

Air quality

The air at Bantam

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Torrington (CT), 7 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
  • Ozone25Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)3Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bantam

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Bantam, the next 40 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 10 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Bantam, ConnecticutReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bantam, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Oxford (AWOS)OXC

At an airfield/18.0 mi away/728 ft/161 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2of 375

measured daily2 instruments

New Preston 3.1 ENECT-LT-52

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/808 ft/81 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Oxford (AWOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.0 mi from Bantam, Connecticut. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 2,000 ft, broken at 2,600 ft, overcast at 4,300 ft; the ceiling is 2,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Oxford (AWOS), height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,300 feet, the ceiling at 2,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OXCFIG. A THE SKY OVER OXFORD (AWOS)SECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 2,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEOxford (AWOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OXCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OXC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Oxford (AWOS): temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OXCFIG. B THE AIR AT OXFORD (AWOS)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 2,000 FTTEMPERATURE 54.0 FDEW POINT 50.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEOxford (AWOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OXCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OXC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (170 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Oxford (AWOS), north up: blowing from 170 degrees, the south, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OXCFIG. C THE WIND AT OXFORD (AWOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 170°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOxford (AWOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OXCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OXC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Oxford (AWOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at New Harford 1E - Nepaug River (BAKC3), 14.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Connecticut

20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Bantam

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Bantam

River and lake gauges