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Chester, Vermont

Community in Windsor County, Vermont

Air quality

The air at Chester

Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Cheshire County (NH), 29 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good-
  • Ozone9Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Chester

None in the last 24 hours; 0.97 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
0.97in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Chester, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Lye BrookS2042

At a soil climate station/26.5 mi away/2,435 ft/1,834 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank195of 354

measured daily2 instruments

Springfield 3.3 WSWVT-WR-38

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/976 ft/375 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Springfield/Hartnes, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.8 mi from Chester, Vermont. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:54 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 Springfield/Hartnes, 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 VSFFIG. A THE SKY OVER SPRINGFIELD/HARTNESSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESpringfield/Hartnes, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VSFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VSF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

39.0 F with a dew point of 37.0 F, 92 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Springfield/Hartnes: temperature 39.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.0, 92 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VSFFIG. B THE AIR AT SPRINGFIELD/HARTNESTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.6 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 39.0 F, 37.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 92 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 POINTTITLESpringfield/Hartnes, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VSFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VSF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Springfield/Hartnes, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VSFFIG. C THE WIND AT SPRINGFIELD/HARTNESPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESpringfield/Hartnes, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VSFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VSF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Vermont

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

Near Chester

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