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Newtown, Connecticut

Borough in Fairfield County, Connecticut

Air quality

The air at Newtown

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Danbury (CT), 7 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good7 mi
  • Ozone-20 ppb21 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good7 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide5Good5 ppb20.2 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb17.5 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm22.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Newtown

0.34 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.34in
Last 3 days
0.34in

Visibility

How far you can see at Newtown, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 PM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Newtown, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

BridgeportNDBC-BRHC3

At a river or reservoir gauge/17.6 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank327of 378

measured daily2 instruments

Sandy Hook 1.9 NCT-FR-111

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/231 ft/270 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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DanburryDANC3

At a cooperative observer's station/5.6 mi away/318 ft/183 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Danbury Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.2 mi from Newtown, Connecticut. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 12:29 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,700 ft, overcast at 3,300 ft; the ceiling is 3,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Danbury Municipal, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,300 feet, the ceiling at 3,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DXRFIG. A THE SKY OVER DANBURY MUNICIPALSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,700 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDanbury Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DXRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-DXR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 51.0 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Danbury Municipal: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.0, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DXRFIG. B THE AIR AT DANBURY MUNICIPALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,700 FTTEMPERATURE 57.0 FDEW POINT 51.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 POINTTITLEDanbury Municipal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DXRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-DXR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Danbury Municipal, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DXRFIG. C THE WIND AT DANBURY MUNICIPALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDanbury Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DXRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-DXR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Danbury Municipal, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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Near Newtown

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