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West Hartford, Connecticut

Community in Hartford County, Connecticut

Air quality

The air at West Hartford

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Hartford (CT), 6 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good3.2 mi
  • Ozone6Good8 ppb5.9 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good3.2 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide9Good10.3 ppb3.2 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm3.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 14, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at West Hartford

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at West Hartford, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest West Hartford, 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

West Hartford 1.2 ESECT-HR-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/134 ft/29 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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New Britian - Shuttle MeadowNWBC3

At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/364 ft/259 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Hartford/Brainard, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.9 mi from West Hartford, Connecticut. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 2,900 ft, a few clouds at 8,000 ft, scattered at 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hartford/Brainard, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, a few clouds cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HFDFIG. A THE SKY OVER HARTFORD/BRAINARDSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 12,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 8,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 2,900 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHartford/Brainard, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HFDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HFD-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

53.0 F with a dew point of 48.0 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 2,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Hartford/Brainard: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.0, 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 2,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HFDFIG. B THE AIR AT HARTFORD/BRAINARDTHE 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 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 2,900 FTTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 48.0 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/Brainard, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HFDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HFD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (190 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Hartford/Brainard, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, at 6 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 HFDFIG. C THE WIND AT HARTFORD/BRAINARDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHartford/Brainard, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HFDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HFD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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