Storm Station
Litchfield, Connecticut
55°
Rain· Feels like 55°·Fresh breeze 20 mph NNE
Rain showers. Cloudy, with a low around 53. Northeast wind around 21 mph, with gusts as high as 41 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
-UV
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90%Humidity
91%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Litchfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Thomaston Rsvr DamTMSC3

At a dam/7.4 mi away/423 ft/640 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank56of 128

Plainville4B8

At an airfield/17.2 mi away/200 ft/863 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank104of 128

measured daily2 instruments

Litchfield 2.3 NNECT-LT-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/1,083 ft/20 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

New Harford 1E - Nepaug RiverBAKC3

At a cooperative observer's station/11.5 mi away/695 ft/368 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Plainville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.2 mi from Litchfield. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 900 ft, overcast at 1,700 ft; the ceiling is 1,700 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Plainville, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, the ceiling at 1,700 feet, and visibility of 4 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 1,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 900 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 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 57.2 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Plainville: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.2, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 57.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 58.0 F, 57.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 (30 degrees) at 16 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 30 degrees, the north northeast, at 16 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 30°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 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

Measured at New Harford 1E - Nepaug River (BAKC3), 11.5 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Connecticut

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Near Litchfield

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