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East Hartford, Connecticut

Community in Hartford County, Connecticut

Air quality

The air at East Hartford

Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Hartford (CT), 1 mile off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good-
  • Ozone13Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 48, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at East Hartford

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 East Hartford, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest East Hartford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

East Hartford 1.3 ECT-HR-22

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/83 ft/32 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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New Britian - Shuttle MeadowNWBC3

At a cooperative observer's station/13.2 mi away/364 ft/313 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Hartford/Brainard, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.7 mi from East Hartford, Connecticut. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hartford/Brainard, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HFDFIG. A THE SKY OVER HARTFORD/BRAINARDSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHartford/Brainard, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HFDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HFD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 47.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Hartford/Brainard: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.0, 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HFDFIG. B THE AIR AT HARTFORD/BRAINARDTHE 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.3 FTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 47.0 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 POINTTITLEHartford/Brainard, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HFDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HFD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (180 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hartford/Brainard, north up: blowing from 180 degrees, the south, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HFDFIG. C THE WIND AT HARTFORD/BRAINARDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 180°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHartford/Brainard, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HFDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HFD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Connecticut

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

Near East Hartford

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

Near East Hartford

River and lake gauges