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Branford Center, Connecticut

Community in New Haven County, Connecticut

Air quality

The air at Branford Center

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, New Haven (CT), 7 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good21.4 mi
  • Ozone23Good14 ppb22.5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good21.4 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb21.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 53, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Branford Center

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Branford Center, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 12 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Branford Center, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Branford 0.3 WNWCT-NH-70

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/33 ft/4 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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GuilfordGULC3

At a cooperative observer's station/7.4 mi away/24 ft/5 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank28of 375

Station report

The weather at New Haven/Tweed, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.0 mi from Branford Center, Connecticut. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,500 ft, broken at 12,000 ft; the ceiling is 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over New Haven/Tweed, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,500 feet, broken cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, the ceiling at 12,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HVNFIG. A THE SKY OVER NEW HAVEN/TWEEDSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 12,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLENew Haven/Tweed, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HVNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HVN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 72 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,500 ft.

Chart of the air at New Haven/Tweed: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 72 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HVNFIG. B THE AIR AT NEW HAVEN/TWEEDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,500 FTTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 50.0 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 72 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 POINTTITLENew Haven/Tweed, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HVNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HVN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (170 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at New Haven/Tweed, north up: blowing from 170 degrees, the south, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HVNFIG. C THE WIND AT NEW HAVEN/TWEEDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 170°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENew Haven/Tweed, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HVNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HVN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of New Haven/Tweed, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Connecticut

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Near Branford Center

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