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South Shaftsbury, Vermont

Community in Bennington County, Vermont

Air quality

The air at South Shaftsbury

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Bennington (VT), 4 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good4.1 mi
  • Ozone18Good7 ppb4.1 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)4Good4.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 PM.

SunMon

Precipitation

What has fallen at South Shaftsbury

None in the last 24 hours; 0.78 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.78in

Visibility

How far you can see at South Shaftsbury, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 2 PM.

SunMon

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest South Shaftsbury, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

RT 279 Bennington VtVT025

Beside a road/2.7 mi away/810 ft/75 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Woodfoord RAWSWFRV1

A remote fire weather station/9.7 mi away/2,388 ft/1,653 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank138of 360

Lye BrookS2042

At a soil climate station/11.8 mi away/2,435 ft/1,700 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank207of 360

measured daily2 instruments

Bennington 3.1 NNWVT-BN-36

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/756 ft/21 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

PeruPERV1

At a cooperative observer's station/27.3 mi away/1,886 ft/1,151 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank212of 360

Station report

The weather at Bennington More State, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.9 mi from South Shaftsbury, Vermont. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 9:54 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 Bennington More State, 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 DDHFIG. A THE SKY OVER BENNINGTON MORE STATESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEBennington More State, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DDHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-18IDSR-DDH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

28.0 F with a dew point of 26.0 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 Bennington More State: temperature 28.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 26.0, 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 DDHFIG. B THE AIR AT BENNINGTON MORE STATETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.5 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 28.0 F, 26.0 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 POINTTITLEBennington More State, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DDHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-18IDSR-DDH-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 Bennington More State, 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 DDHFIG. C THE WIND AT BENNINGTON MORE STATEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEBennington More State, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DDHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-18IDSR-DDH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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