Storm Station
Kensington, Connecticut
58°
Light rain· Feels like 58°·Moderate breeze 17 mph NNE
Rain showers likely before 11am, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a high near 65. Northeast wind 13 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
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96%Humidity
93%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Kensington, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Plainville4B8

At an airfield/6.4 mi away/200 ft/55 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank102of 128

measured daily2 instruments

Kensington 0.4 NCT-HR-145

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/122 ft/23 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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New Britian - Shuttle MeadowNWBC3

At a cooperative observer's station/2.8 mi away/364 ft/219 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Plainville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.4 mi from Kensington. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 8:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,000 ft, overcast at 1,600 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Plainville, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, the ceiling at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4B8FIG. A THE SKY OVER PLAINVILLESECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 1,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEPlainville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 4B8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-4B8-1DRAWN 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 57.4 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Plainville: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.4, 98 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4B8FIG. B THE AIR AT PLAINVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 57.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 58.0 F, 57.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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 POINTTITLEPlainville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4B8TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-4B8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (20 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Plainville, north up: blowing from 20 degrees, the north northeast, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4B8FIG. C THE WIND AT PLAINVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 20°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPlainville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4B8TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-4B8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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