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Lake Chaffee, Connecticut

Community in Windham County, Connecticut

Air quality

The air at Lake Chaffee

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Stafford (CT), 10 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-23.4 mi
  • Ozone28Good5 ppb24.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-24.6 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide15Good16 ppb23.4 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb23.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lake Chaffee

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 Lake Chaffee, the next 45 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Fri 8 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lake Chaffee, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Eastford 3.1 NWCT-WN-23

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/712 ft/144 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

StafordvilleSFVC3

At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/709 ft/147 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank70of 375

Station report

The weather at Willimantic (ASOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.6 mi from Lake Chaffee, Connecticut. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:52 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 Willimantic (ASOS), 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 IJDFIG. A THE SKY OVER WILLIMANTIC (ASOS)SECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEWillimantic (ASOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IJDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IJD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

45.0 F with a dew point of 43.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Willimantic (ASOS): temperature 45.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IJDFIG. B THE AIR AT WILLIMANTIC (ASOS)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.5 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 45.0 F, 43.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEWillimantic (ASOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IJDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IJD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Willimantic (ASOS), 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 IJDFIG. C THE WIND AT WILLIMANTIC (ASOS)PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEWillimantic (ASOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IJDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IJD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Willimantic (ASOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Stafordville (SFVC3), 5.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 04:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Connecticut

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

Near Lake Chaffee

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

Near Lake Chaffee

River and lake gauges