Citizen station EW5610EW5610
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/190 ft/185 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Parks/Connecticut/Gillette Castle State Park
Gillette Castle State Park, Connecticut
State Park in Connecticut* WHAT...North winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. * WHERE...Long Island Sound east of Port Jefferson and New Haven, Peconic and Gardiners Bays, and South Shore Bays from Jones Inlet through Shinnecock Bay. * WHEN...Until 6 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
53°
53°/46°
Light rain·
Feels like 53°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NNW
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Gillette Castle State Park until 6 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Gillette Castle State Park is 53° and light rain at 3 AM. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 9 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:06 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 10:56 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. The day is 11 hours 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
-UV
17Air quality
79%Humidity
79%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
53feels53
now, rain light
Today
Oct 17
5346
overcast
Sun
Oct 18
5637
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6040
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6545
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
6047
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
6045
14%
12mph
Fri
Oct 23
6247
16%
53°
53°46°
56°37°
60°40°
65°45°
60°47°
60°45°
62°47°
As of 3:00 AM in Gillette Castle State Park, Connecticut.
Air quality
The air at Gillette Castle State Park
Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, New London-Groton (CT), 21 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 25, good.
GoodModerate
- 25YesterdayOct 16
- 11TodayOct 17
- 17SunOct 18
- 22MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Gillette Castle State Park
0.34 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.34in
- Last 3 days
- 0.34in
Visibility
How far you can see at Gillette Castle State Park, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 0.3 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 5 ft
- County
- -
- State
- Connecticut
- Latitude
- 41.4235° N
- Longitude
- 72.4310° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Gillette Castle State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
ChesterSNC
At an airfield/4.8 mi away/416 ft/411 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/5.5 mi away/190 ft/185 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Coginchaug River AT CoginchaugCOGC3
At a river or reservoir gauge/15.7 mi away/154 ft/149 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Chester Center 2.9 NNECT-MD-48
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/303 ft/298 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GuilfordGULC3
At a cooperative observer's station/15.7 mi away/24 ft/19 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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Near Gillette Castle State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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