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Salmon Brook, Connecticut

Community in Hartford County, Connecticut

Air quality

The air at Salmon Brook

Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Hartford (CT), 15 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good14.4 mi
  • Ozone8Good5 ppb14.9 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)10Good14.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide12Good13.4 ppb14.4 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb15.6 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm14.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 48, good.

Smoke, the next 45 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 Salmon Brook

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 Salmon Brook, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 8 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Salmon Brook, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Granby 0.1 NECT-HR-148

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/215 ft/16 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Barkhamsted RSVRBRKC3

At a reservoir/9.0 mi away/735 ft/504 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Hartford/Bradley, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.0 mi from Salmon Brook, Connecticut. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:51 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 22,000 ft, broken at 25,000 ft; the ceiling is 22,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hartford/Bradley, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 22,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 25,000 feet, the ceiling at 22,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BDLFIG. A THE SKY OVER HARTFORD/BRADLEYSECTION, 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 STATION05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 25,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 22,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 22,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHartford/Bradley, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BDLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BDL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014, FB-SKY-010, FB-SKY-011, FB-SKY-012

The air

49.0 F with a dew point of 44.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 22,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Hartford/Bradley: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 22,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BDLFIG. B THE AIR AT HARTFORD/BRADLEYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.9 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 22,000 FTTEMPERATURE 49.0 FDEW POINT 44.0 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 POINTTITLEHartford/Bradley, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BDLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BDL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (130 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hartford/Bradley, north up: blowing from 130 degrees, the southeast, 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 BDLFIG. C THE WIND AT HARTFORD/BRADLEYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 130°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHartford/Bradley, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BDLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BDL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Hartford/Bradley, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Barkhamsted RSVR (BRKC3), 9.0 miles from here, read 6 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Connecticut

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

Near Salmon Brook

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

Near Salmon Brook

River and lake gauges