Citizen station EW5610EW5610
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/190 ft/181 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Parks/Connecticut/Connecticut Valley Railroad State Park
Connecticut Valley Railroad State Park, Connecticut
State Park in Connecticut* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 possible. * WHERE...In Connecticut, Northern Fairfield, Northern Middlesex, Northern New Haven, and Northern New London Counties. In New Jersey, Western Passaic County. In New York, Orange and Putnam Counties. * WHEN...From late Saturday night through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops and other sensitive vegetation.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
68°
71°/51°
Overcast·
Feels like 68°·Light breeze 6 mph SW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Connecticut Valley Railroad State Park until 9 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tonight, from about 9 PM (53%).
Now. Connecticut Valley Railroad State Park is 68° and overcast at 5 PM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the southwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 70° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is possible tomorrow (49%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:07 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:57 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
16Air quality
98%Humidity
96%Cloud
Now
5:00 PM
68feels68
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
7151
99%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
5346
49%
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
5636
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5840
11%
Tue
Oct 20
6345
14%
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
6148
10%
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
5946
23%
12mph
68°
71°51°
53°46°
56°36°
58°40°
63°45°
61°48°
59°46°
As of 5:00 PM in Connecticut Valley Railroad State Park, Connecticut.
Air quality
The air at Connecticut Valley Railroad State Park
Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, New London-Groton (CT), 21 miles off.
16Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good18.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good18.6 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 10, good.
GoodModerate
- 10YesterdayOct 15
- 22TodayOct 16
- 11SatOct 17
- 17SunOct 18
- 22MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Connecticut Valley Railroad State Park
0.26 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.26in
- Last 3 days
- 0.26in
Visibility
How far you can see at Connecticut Valley Railroad State Park, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 0.32 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 9 ft
- County
- -
- State
- Connecticut
- Latitude
- 41.4079° N
- Longitude
- 72.4337° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Connecticut Valley Railroad State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
ChesterSNC
At an airfield/4.1 mi away/416 ft/407 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/5.9 mi away/190 ft/181 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Coginchaug River AT CoginchaugCOGC3
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.1 mi away/154 ft/145 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Chester Center 0.2 NNECT-MD-20
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/76 ft/67 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GuilfordGULC3
At a cooperative observer's station/14.9 mi away/24 ft/15 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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