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Essex Village, Connecticut

Community in Middlesex County, Connecticut

Air quality

The air at Essex Village

Index 8, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 PM from its reporting area, New London-Groton (CT), 19 miles off.

8Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good16.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)3Good16.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 8, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Tue 8 AM.

SunMonTue

Precipitation

What has fallen at Essex Village

None in the last 24 hours; 0.48 in over the last 3 days, to Sun 3 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.48in

Visibility

How far you can see at Essex Village, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Tue 8 AM, lowest 10 miles Mon 8 AM.

SunMonTue

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Essex Village, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ChesterSNC

At an airfield/6.0 mi away/416 ft/343 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank201of 382

New LondonNDBC-NLHC3

At a river or reservoir gauge/15.7 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank299of 382

measured daily2 instruments

Essex Village 1.8 SWCT-MD-44

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/34 ft/39 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

GuilfordGULC3

At a cooperative observer's station/15.0 mi away/24 ft/49 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank32of 382

Station report

The weather at Chester, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.0 mi from Essex Village, Connecticut. From its report of Oct 18, 2026, 3:55 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 Chester, 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 SNCFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHESTERSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEChester, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SNCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-18IDSR-SNC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 28.4 F, 31 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Chester: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.4, 31 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SNCFIG. B THE AIR AT CHESTERTHE 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 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 6,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 22.2 FTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 28.4 FSPREAD 30.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 31 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 POINTTITLEChester, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SNCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-18IDSR-SNC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Chester, 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 SNCFIG. C THE WIND AT CHESTERPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEChester, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SNCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-18IDSR-SNC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Chester, 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 Essex Village

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

Near Essex Village

River and lake gauges