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Lake Pocotopaug, Connecticut

Community in Middlesex County, Connecticut

Air quality

The air at Lake Pocotopaug

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Hartford (CT), 15 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
  • Ozone6Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lake Pocotopaug

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. 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 Pocotopaug, the next 42 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 11 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lake Pocotopaug, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

East Hampton 3.0 NCT-MD-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/562 ft/67 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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New Britian - Shuttle MeadowNWBC3

At a cooperative observer's station/16.3 mi away/364 ft/131 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Hartford/Brainard, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.2 mi from Lake Pocotopaug, Connecticut. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 6,000 ft, overcast at 8,500 ft; the ceiling is 8,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hartford/Brainard, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 8,500 feet, the ceiling at 8,500 feet, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 8,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 6,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 8,500 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, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 49.0 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Hartford/Brainard: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.0, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,000 feet; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.0 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 49.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Hartford/Brainard, north up: blowing from 180 degrees, the south, at 5 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 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 AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE 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

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