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Fairfax, Vermont

Community in Franklin County, Vermont

Air quality

The air at Fairfax

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Burlington (VT), 17 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good12 mi
  • Ozone19Good23 ppb12 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good12 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb12 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm12 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 16, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fairfax

None in the last 24 hours; 2.45 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
2.45in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Fairfax, 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

Georgia VTVT009

Beside a road/6.5 mi away/551 ft/178 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank220of 354

Mount MansfieldS2041

At a soil climate station/12.5 mi away/2,236 ft/1,863 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank282of 354

measured daily2 instruments

Fairfax 0.3 WSWVT-FR-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/376 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

JeffersonvilleJEFV1

At a cooperative observer's station/12.4 mi away/1,194 ft/821 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank168of 354

Station report

The weather at Burlington INTL, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.2 mi from Fairfax, Vermont. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:54 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 10,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Burlington INTL, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BTVFIG. A THE SKY OVER BURLINGTON INTLSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 10,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBurlington INTL, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BTVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BTV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

42.0 F with a dew point of 38.0 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 10,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Burlington INTL: temperature 42.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.0, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 10,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BTVFIG. B THE AIR AT BURLINGTON INTLTHE 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 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.1 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 10,000 FTTEMPERATURE 42.0 FDEW POINT 38.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLEBurlington INTL, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BTVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BTV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (120 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Burlington INTL, north up: blowing from 120 degrees, the east 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 BTVFIG. C THE WIND AT BURLINGTON INTLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 120°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBurlington INTL, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BTVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BTV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Jeffersonville (JEFV1), 12.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Vermont

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

Near Fairfax

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

Near Fairfax

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