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Redding Center, Connecticut

Community in Fairfield County, Connecticut

Air quality

The air at Redding Center

Index 20, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Danbury (CT), 8 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good7.8 mi
  • Ozone-6 ppb20.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good7.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.3 ppb12.7 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb13.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Redding Center

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 Redding Center, the next 42 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.3 miles Fri 9 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Redding Center, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

BridgeportNDBC-BRHC3

At a river or reservoir gauge/13.8 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank331of 375

measured daily2 instruments

DanburryDANC3

At a cooperative observer's station/6.8 mi away/318 ft/324 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank320of 375

Station report

The weather at Danbury Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.8 mi from Redding Center, Connecticut. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 2,300 ft, overcast at 4,800 ft; the ceiling is 4,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Danbury Municipal, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, the ceiling at 4,800 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 2,300 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDanbury Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DXRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DXR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 49.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Danbury Municipal: temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,300 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE 54.0 FDEW POINT 49.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DXR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (100 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Danbury Municipal, north up: blowing from 100 degrees, the east, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, 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 100°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDanbury Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DXRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-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

Elsewhere in Connecticut

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Near Redding Center

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

Near Redding Center

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