PLAINFIELD - I395NB - At Plainfi CT US CTDOTCT028
Beside a road/3.7 mi away/362 ft/126 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Weather/Connecticut/Danielson
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 10 AM, the chance peaking at 61% around 9 PM.
Now. Danielson is 56° and rain at 9 AM. The dew point is 55°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south at 7 mph, gusting to 23 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 68° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 44° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 62°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:05 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:53 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 AM in Danielson, Connecticut.
Air quality
Index 7, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Western (RI), 11 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 27, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Danielson, ConnecticutReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Danielson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
PLAINFIELD - I395NB - At Plainfi CT US CTDOTCT028
Beside a road/3.7 mi away/362 ft/126 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station CW7448CW7448
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.0 mi away/475 ft/239 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Quinebaug River 2 SSW West Thompson LakeWTHC3
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.5 mi away/322 ft/86 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/16.1 mi away/249 ft/13 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Danielson 3.2 ESECT-WN-26
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/591 ft/355 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HamptonHMTC3
At a cooperative observer's station/9.3 mi away/538 ft/302 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 16.1 mi from Danielson, Connecticut. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Broken at 1,400 ft, broken at 2,600 ft, overcast at 3,300 ft; the ceiling is 1,400 ft; visibility 3 mi.
53.0 F with a dew point of 52.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,400 ft.
From the west (270 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.
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Snow on the ground
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.