Storm Station
West Simsbury, Connecticut
56°
Light rain· Feels like 56°·Fresh breeze 19 mph N
Rain showers before 11am, then showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 62. Northeast wind 15 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 41 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
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93%Humidity
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What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest West Simsbury, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Hartford/BradleyBDL

At an airfield/9.1 mi away/180 ft/82 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank5of 128

Hartford - NB Park RiverNBPC3

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.3 mi away/72 ft/190 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank76of 128

measured daily2 instruments

Simsbury 1.0 SSWCT-HR-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/220 ft/42 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Barkhamsted RSVRBRKC3

At a reservoir/7.1 mi away/735 ft/473 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Hartford/Bradley, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.1 mi from West Simsbury. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:51 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,400 ft, broken at 2,300 ft, overcast at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,300 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Hartford/Bradley, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,300 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BDLFIG. A THE SKY OVER HARTFORD/BRADLEYSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,400 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEHartford/Bradley, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BDLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BDL-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 56.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Hartford/Bradley: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BDLFIG. B THE AIR AT HARTFORD/BRADLEYTHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 58.0 F, 56.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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/Bradley, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BDLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BDL-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 29 mph, gusting 41 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 41 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hartford/Bradley, north up: blowing from 20 degrees, the north northeast, at 29 miles an hour, gusting 41; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BDLFIG. C THE WIND AT HARTFORD/BRADLEYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 20°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE39GUST, 41 MPH9STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHartford/Bradley, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BDLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BDL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Barkhamsted RSVR (BRKC3), 7.1 miles from here, read 21 Sep, 06:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Connecticut

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Near West Simsbury

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