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Castleton, Vermont

Community in Rutland County, Vermont

Air quality

The air at Castleton

Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Rutland (VT), 10 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good9.9 mi
  • Ozone11Good4 ppb9.9 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)17Good9.9 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb9.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Castleton

None in the last 24 hours; 0.89 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.89in

Visibility

How far you can see at Castleton, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 4 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Castleton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

RT 22A Fairhaven VtVT027

Beside a road/4.9 mi away/471 ft/12 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

DanbyDBYV1

At a river or reservoir gauge/20.9 mi away/922 ft/463 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank88of 354

Lye BrookS2042

At a soil climate station/38.6 mi away/2,435 ft/1,976 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank195of 354

measured daily2 instruments

Castleton 0.4 SVT-RT-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.0 mi away/464 ft/5 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

RutlandRUTV1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.3 mi away/636 ft/177 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank97of 354

Station report

The weather at Rutland State(AWOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.7 mi from Castleton, Vermont. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Rutland State(AWOS), height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RUTFIG. A THE SKY OVER RUTLAND STATE(AWOS)SECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERutland State(AWOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RUTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RUT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

46.0 F with a dew point of 36.0 F, 68 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Rutland State(AWOS): temperature 46.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.0, 68 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RUTFIG. B THE AIR AT RUTLAND STATE(AWOS)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.8 FTEMPERATURE 46.0 FDEW POINT 36.0 FSPREAD 10.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 68 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 POINTTITLERutland State(AWOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RUTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RUT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (130 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Rutland State(AWOS), north up: blowing from 130 degrees, the southeast, at 7 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 RUTFIG. C THE WIND AT RUTLAND STATE(AWOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 130°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERutland State(AWOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RUTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RUT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Rutland State(AWOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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