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Canaan, Connecticut

Community in Litchfield County, Connecticut

Air quality

The air at Canaan

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Torrington (CT), 15 miles off.

21Good
  • Ozone21Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Canaan

0.65 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.65in
Last 3 days
0.65in

Visibility

How far you can see at Canaan, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 PM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Canaan, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Plainville4B8

At an airfield/33.6 mi away/200 ft/477 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank190of 378

measured daily2 instruments

Salisbury 3.8 NECT-LT-24

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/689 ft/12 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Plainville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 33.6 mi from Canaan, Connecticut. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 3:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Plainville, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4B8FIG. A THE SKY OVER PLAINVILLESECTION, 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 FTSCT 12,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPlainville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 4B8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-4B8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 64 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 12,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Plainville: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 64 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 12,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4B8FIG. B THE AIR AT PLAINVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.3 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 12,000 FTTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 12.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 64 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 POINTTITLEPlainville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4B8TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-4B8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 17 mph.

Plan of the wind at Plainville, north up: 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 4B8FIG. C THE WIND AT PLAINVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPlainville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4B8TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-4B8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Reference Climate Station (NFKC3), 6.9 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Connecticut

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

Near Canaan

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

Near Canaan

River and lake gauges