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Simsbury Center, Connecticut

Community in Hartford County, Connecticut

Air quality

The air at Simsbury Center

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Hartford (CT), 11 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 Simsbury Center

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Simsbury Center, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 10 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Simsbury Center, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Simsbury Center 0.9 NNWCT-HR-33

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/302 ft/19 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Barkhamsted RSVRBRKC3

At a reservoir/8.3 mi away/735 ft/452 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, 7.6 mi from Simsbury Center, Connecticut. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:04 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,400 ft, broken at 6,000 ft, overcast at 8,000 ft; the ceiling is 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hartford/Bradley, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, broken cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, the ceiling at 6,000 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 8,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 6,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,400 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,000 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-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

51.0 F with a dew point of 47.0 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 2,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Hartford/Bradley: temperature 51.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.0, 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 2,400 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,400 FTTEMPERATURE 51.0 FDEW POINT 47.0 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/Bradley, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BDLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BDL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (190 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Hartford/Bradley, north up: blowing from 190 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 BDLFIG. C THE WIND AT HARTFORD/BRADLEYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE 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), 8.3 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 Simsbury Center

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

Near Simsbury Center

River and lake gauges