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Bristol, Vermont

Community in Addison County, Vermont

Air quality

The air at Bristol

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Burlington (VT), 23 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
  • Ozone25Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)2Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Bristol

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 1.65 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
1.65in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bristol, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 3 PM.

FriSatSun

On the radar over Bristol, VermontReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Bristol, 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 now5 instruments

Middlebury6B0

At an airfield/10.4 mi away/488 ft/91 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3of 354

Mount MansfieldS2041

At a soil climate station/30.2 mi away/2,236 ft/1,657 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank282of 354

measured daily2 instruments

BristolBRIV1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/531 ft/48 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank39of 354

Station report

The weather at Middlebury, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.4 mi from Bristol, Vermont. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,300 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Middlebury, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 6B0FIG. A THE SKY OVER MIDDLEBURYSECTION, 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 1,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMiddlebury, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 6B0TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-6B0-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.2 F with a dew point of 55.4 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Middlebury: temperature 57.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.4, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 6B0FIG. B THE AIR AT MIDDLEBURYTHE 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 F70 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.2 F, 55.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEMiddlebury, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 6B0TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-6B0-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (190 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Middlebury, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, 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 6B0FIG. C THE WIND AT MIDDLEBURYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMiddlebury, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 6B0TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-6B0-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Bristol (BRIV1), 0.4 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 06:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Vermont

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

Near Bristol

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

Near Bristol

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