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Franklin Town, Massachusetts

City in Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Air quality

The air at Franklin Town

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Norfolk (MA), 10 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Franklin Town

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Franklin Town, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 10 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Franklin Town, MassachusettsReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Franklin Town, 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

Mansfield1B9

At an airfield/12.1 mi away/118 ft/198 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank378of 744

measured daily2 instruments

Franklin 0.3 WNWMA-NF-98

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/282 ft/34 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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FranklinFRAM3

At a cooperative observer's station/0.9 mi away/259 ft/57 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Mansfield, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.1 mi from Franklin Town, Massachusetts. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 8,500 ft, broken at 12,000 ft, overcast at 18,000 ft; the ceiling is 8,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mansfield, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 8,500 feet, broken cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 18,000 feet, the ceiling at 8,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1B9FIG. A THE SKY OVER MANSFIELDSECTION, 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 STATION05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 18,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 12,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 8,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 8,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMansfield, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 1B9TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-1B9-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014, FB-SKY-010, FB-SKY-011, FB-SKY-012

The air

46.6 F with a dew point of 43.3 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 8,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Mansfield: temperature 46.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.3, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 8,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1B9FIG. B THE AIR AT MANSFIELDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.6 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 8,500 FTTEMPERATURE 46.6 FDEW POINT 43.3 FSPREAD 3.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLEMansfield, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1B9TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-1B9-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (140 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Mansfield, north up: blowing from 140 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 1B9FIG. C THE WIND AT MANSFIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 140°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMansfield, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1B9TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-1B9-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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