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South Wilton, Connecticut

Community in Fairfield County, Connecticut

Air quality

The air at South Wilton

Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Bridgeport (CT), 11 miles off.

51Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate11.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)16Good11.2 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide14Good15.2 ppb5.2 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb11.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 11, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at South Wilton

0.10 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.10in
Last 3 days
0.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at South Wilton, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest South Wilton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Norwalk 3.2 NCT-FR-124

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/233 ft/79 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank25of 375

GreenwichGREC3

At a cooperative observer's station/13.2 mi away/361 ft/207 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Danbury Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.0 mi from South Wilton, Connecticut. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,200 ft, overcast at 1,700 ft; the ceiling is 1,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Danbury Municipal, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, the ceiling at 1,200 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,200 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

66.0 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Danbury Municipal: temperature 66.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,200 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 66.0 F, 64.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (270 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Danbury Municipal, north up: blowing from 270 degrees, the west, at 8 miles an hour; 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 270°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE 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

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