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Plantsville, Connecticut

Community in Hartford County, Connecticut

Air quality

The air at Plantsville

Index 33, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Waterbury (CT), 8 miles off.

33Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)33Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 15, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Plantsville

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Plantsville, the next 41 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Plantsville, 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

measured daily2 instruments

New Britian - Shuttle MeadowNWBC3

At a cooperative observer's station/5.9 mi away/364 ft/216 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Meriden Markham Muni Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.8 mi from Plantsville, Connecticut. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:13 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,900 ft, overcast at 3,400 ft; the ceiling is 2,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Meriden Markham Muni Airport, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,400 feet, the ceiling at 2,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MMKFIG. A THE SKY OVER MERIDEN MARKHAM MUNI AIRPORTSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMeriden Markham Muni Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MMKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MMK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

52.0 F with a dew point of 49.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Meriden Markham Muni Airport: temperature 52.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.0, 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MMKFIG. B THE AIR AT MERIDEN MARKHAM MUNI AIRPORTTHE 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 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,900 FTTEMPERATURE 52.0 FDEW POINT 49.0 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 POINTTITLEMeriden Markham Muni Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MMKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MMK-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 Meriden Markham Muni Airport, 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 MMKFIG. C THE WIND AT MERIDEN MARKHAM MUNI AIRPORTPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEMeriden Markham Muni Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MMKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MMK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Meriden Markham Muni Airport, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Connecticut

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