Storm Station
Colchester, Connecticut
58°
Heavy rain· Feels like 58°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NNE
Rain showers before noon, then showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 66. Northeast wind 13 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
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96%Humidity
92%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Colchester, 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 now3 instruments

Willimantic (ASOS)IJD

At an airfield/13.7 mi away/249 ft/209 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank118of 128

measured daily2 instruments

Colchester 0.6 ENECT-NL-70

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/505 ft/47 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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NorwichNRWC3

At a cooperative observer's station/14.1 mi away/33 ft/425 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Willimantic (ASOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.7 mi from Colchester. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 6:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,600 ft, broken at 2,000 ft, overcast at 3,200 ft; the ceiling is 1,600 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Willimantic (ASOS), height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,200 feet, the ceiling at 1,600 feet, and visibility of 6 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IJDFIG. A THE SKY OVER WILLIMANTIC (ASOS)SECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 6 MI0510TITLEWillimantic (ASOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IJDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IJD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 55.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Willimantic (ASOS): temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IJDFIG. B THE AIR AT WILLIMANTIC (ASOS)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,600 FTTEMPERATURE 58.0 FDEW POINT 55.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEWillimantic (ASOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IJDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IJD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (50 degrees) at 22 mph, gusting 39 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 44 mph.

Plan of the wind at Willimantic (ASOS), north up: blowing from 50 degrees, the northeast, at 22 miles an hour, gusting 39; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IJDFIG. C THE WIND AT WILLIMANTIC (ASOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 50°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE39GUST, 39 MPH9STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWillimantic (ASOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IJDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IJD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Willimantic (ASOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Norwich (NRWC3), 14.1 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Connecticut

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

Near Colchester

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