Storm Station
Reading, Massachusetts
56°
Light rain· Feels like 56°·Fresh breeze 20 mph NNE
Rain showers. Cloudy, with a low around 56. Northeast wind around 21 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
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35Air quality
93%Humidity
100%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Reading, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Lexington I-95MA035

Beside a road/8.4 mi away/122 ft/21 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank143of 197

Hanscom Fld/BedfordBED

At an airfield/10.0 mi away/135 ft/8 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank13of 197

Blue Hills Obs USCRNBHIM3

At a river or reservoir gauge/21.7 mi away/620 ft/477 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Reading 0.4 WNWMA-MD-167

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/110 ft/33 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MiddletonMIDM3

At a cooperative observer's station/7.0 mi away/97 ft/46 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Hanscom Fld/Bedford, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.0 mi from Reading. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:51 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

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

Section of the sky over Hanscom Fld/Bedford, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 900 feet, the ceiling at 900 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BEDFIG. A THE SKY OVER HANSCOM FLD/BEDFORDSECTION, 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 900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEHanscom Fld/Bedford, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BEDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BED-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 55.0 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 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Hanscom Fld/Bedford: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.0, 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 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BEDFIG. B THE AIR AT HANSCOM FLD/BEDFORDTHE 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 54.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.0 F, 55.0 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 POINTTITLEHanscom Fld/Bedford, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BEDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BED-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (40 degrees) at 24 mph, gusting 36 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 43 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hanscom Fld/Bedford, north up: blowing from 40 degrees, the northeast, at 24 miles an hour, gusting 36; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BEDFIG. C THE WIND AT HANSCOM FLD/BEDFORDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 40°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 36 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHanscom Fld/Bedford, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BEDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BED-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Hanscom Fld/Bedford, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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