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Swanton, Vermont

Village in Franklin County, Vermont

Air quality

The air at Swanton

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Burlington (VT), 32 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone23Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 11, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Swanton

None in the last 24 hours; 3.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
3.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Swanton, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Swanton, 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

HighgateFSO

At an airfield/1.8 mi away/228 ft/75 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank286of 354

RT 78 Alburg VtVT031

Beside a road/6.5 mi away/136 ft/17 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Mount MansfieldS2041

At a soil climate station/30.1 mi away/2,236 ft/2,083 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank282of 354

measured daily2 instruments

Enosburg Falls 2ENFV1

At a cooperative observer's station/15.0 mi away/404 ft/251 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank160of 354

Station report

The weather at Citizen station FW6020, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 16.1 mi from Swanton, Vermont. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station FW6020, 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 FW6020FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION FW6020PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECitizen station FW6020, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW6020TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW6020-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 196 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.71 inHg and the temperature at 58.3 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.07 inHg means its barometer reads 29.86 inHg; it reports 42.0 F, 16.3 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station FW6020 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 196 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.71 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.3 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.07 and the station pressure it means, 29.86.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW6020FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION FW6020 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION FW60201 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT196 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.71 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.3 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.07 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.86 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED42.0 FTITLECitizen station FW6020, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW6020TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW6020-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 36 degrees above the horizon at 44.73 N, and the day is 10 h 47 min long. Level ground there takes 59 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station FW6020, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 36 degrees above the horizon, against 69 at the June solstice, 45 at the equinoxes and 22 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 47 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW6020FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION FW6020ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 69°EQUINOXES 45°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 22°OCT 16, 36°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 47 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 59 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 44.73 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station FW6020, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW6020TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW6020-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station FW6020, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Enosburg Falls 2 (ENFV1), 15.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 04:35. measured daily

Elsewhere in Vermont

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

Near Swanton

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

Near Swanton

River and lake gauges