Storm Station
Manchester, Connecticut
57°
Light rain· Feels like 57°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NNE
Rain showers. Cloudy, with a low around 56. Northeast wind around 22 mph, with gusts as high as 41 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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90%Humidity
100%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Manchester, 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

Hartford/BrainardHFD

At an airfield/7.0 mi away/20 ft/156 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2of 128

Hartford - NB Park RiverNBPC3

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.4 mi away/72 ft/104 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank76of 128

measured daily2 instruments

Manchester 0.4 ENECT-HR-100

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/281 ft/105 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

StorrsSTRC3

At a cooperative observer's station/15.4 mi away/653 ft/477 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Hartford/Brainard, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.0 mi from Manchester. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,900 ft; the ceiling is 1,900 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Hartford/Brainard, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, the ceiling at 1,900 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HFDFIG. A THE SKY OVER HARTFORD/BRAINARDSECTION, 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 1,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEHartford/Brainard, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HFDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HFD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 56.0 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 1,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Hartford/Brainard: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.0, 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 1,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HFDFIG. B THE AIR AT HARTFORD/BRAINARDTHE 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 55.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,900 FTTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 56.0 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 POINTTITLEHartford/Brainard, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HFDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HFD-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 18 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hartford/Brainard, north up: blowing from 20 degrees, the north northeast, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 31; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HFDFIG. C THE WIND AT HARTFORD/BRAINARDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 20°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 31 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHartford/Brainard, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HFDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HFD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Storrs (STRC3), 15.4 miles from here, read 25 Sep, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Connecticut

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

Near Manchester

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