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Bethel, Connecticut

Community in Fairfield County, Connecticut

Air quality

The air at Bethel

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Danbury (CT), 3 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good2.8 mi
  • Ozone-6 ppb16.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good2.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.3 ppb17.8 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb17.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bethel

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. 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 Bethel, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 8 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bethel, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

BridgeportNDBC-BRHC3

At a river or reservoir gauge/18.2 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank331of 375

measured daily2 instruments

Bethel 0.5 ECT-FR-43

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/521 ft/86 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank74of 375

DanburryDANC3

At a cooperative observer's station/1.8 mi away/318 ft/117 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank320of 375

Station report

The weather at Danbury Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.6 mi from Bethel, Connecticut. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 11,000 ft; the ceiling is 11,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Danbury Municipal, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 11,000 feet, the ceiling at 11,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DXRFIG. A THE SKY OVER DANBURY MUNICIPALSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 11,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 11,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDanbury Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DXRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DXR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

52.0 F with a dew point of 49.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 11,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Danbury Municipal: temperature 52.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 11,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DXRFIG. B THE AIR AT DANBURY MUNICIPALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.3 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 11,000 FTTEMPERATURE 52.0 FDEW POINT 49.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLEDanbury Municipal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DXRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DXR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Danbury Municipal, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DXRFIG. C THE WIND AT DANBURY MUNICIPALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDanbury Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DXRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DXR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Danbury Municipal, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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Near Bethel

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