FAIRFIELD COUNTY    Flood Watch Flood Watch  
Good Afternoon! Updated: Thursday, August 20th 4:35:00 pm  
Outside Temperature Current Conditions Forecast

Currently: 71.3, Max: 78.0, Min: 62.0

Colder 2.2°F than last hour. 71.3°F

Comfortable

Heat Index: 
64.9°F
Temp Highs Lows
Today: 78.0°F
12:35pm
62.0°F
6:38am
Yesterday: 83.0°F
3:26pm
63.5°F
6:29am
One Year Ago: 67.3°F 57.4°F
Station Record
On This Date:4
91.7°F
2022
53.2°F
2020
This Month: 86.9°F
Aug 7
58.1°F
Aug 16
Windsor Locks
Record
On This Date:5
96°F
1937
46°F
1944
Normal:5 83 °F 61 °F
Day time It is Day time
Wind from E Wind:  E
2.6

Gusting to:
0.0
Current Rain Rain:
0.23 in
Fire Danger Level
Outside Temperature
Last Hour: -2.2°F
24 Hour: -8.6°F
Outside Averages
MTD Average: 71.9°F
YTD Average: 50.3°F
Inside Temperature
Currently: Colder 0.2°F than last hour.76.5°F
Last Hour: -0.2°F
This
Afternoon
This Afternoon: Rain Showers
Rain Showers

Tonight

Tonight: Rain Showers
Rain Showers

Friday

Friday: Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny
Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny

Hi 80 °F Lo 57 °F Hi 78 °F

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Season Dates:
Autumn begins in 33 days
September 22nd @ 8:06pm
We've already lost
1 hour and 33 minutes of daylight!
Upcoming Holidays
Labor Day September 7th
Dew Point Rain Wind Sun/Moon
Dew Point: Decreased 0.1°F since last hour. 71.0°F
Oppressive
In Last Hour: -0.1°F
High Dew
Point:
72.5°F
at 1:03 PM
Low Dew
Point:
61.7°F
at 6:38 AM
Record Dew
Point:
89.4°F
Jul 8, 2025
Wetbulb: 71.1°F
Humidity
Humidity: Increased 7% since last hour. 99 %
In Last Hour: +7%
High
Today
99%
at 12:00 AM
Low
Today
76%
at 1:38 PM
Barometer
Current: Falling 0.019  inHg/hr 30.002 inHg
In Last Hour: Falling slowly
In Last 3 Hours: Falling
Rain Today: 0.23 in
Rain Last Hour: 0.19 in
Rate Last Hour: 0.03/hr
Max Rain: 2.57 in/hr
Rate Today: at 3:36 PM
Rain Yesterday: 0.00 in
August Rain: 8.31 in
Aug to Date
Avg:10
3.33 in
Aug to Date
Diff from Avg:10
Over 4.98 in for the month 4.98 in
August Avg
for Whole Month:
4.39 in
YTD Rain:1 34.95 in
YTD Avg11 31.37 in
YTD
Diff from Avg:11
Over 3.58 in for the year 3.58 in
Last YTD Rain:1 29.78 in
Normal Year:1 48.62 in
Storm Total: 0.23 in
12 Days in August
103 Snow/Rain Days in 2026
0 Days since last snow/rain
Currently: E at
2.6 mph
Light Air
Gusting To: 0.0
Max Gust
Last Hour:
4.4 mph ENE
at  4:34 pm
Max Gust
Today:
4.4 mph
at  4:34 PM
Wind Run: 0.10 miles
Max Gust
This Month:
14.2 mph
on  Aug 10
Max Gust
This Year:
28.2 mph
on  Feb 7
Max Gust
Record
40.3 mph
Oct 26, 2014
Heat Index
Current: 64.9°F
Today: 78.0°F  12:35 PM
Yesterday: 86.0°F
Record: 133.9°F
Jul 8, 2025
13 hours,
39 minutes
of Daylight
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(Noon) graph (Midnight)
Legend
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Which is
2 min 31 sec Shorter Than
Yesterday
Waxing Gibbous Moon
Waxing Gibbous, 8 days, 2 hours, 59 minutes in cycle
57%
Illuminated



Allergy Snow3 Lunar Summary Cloud Level
Predominant Pollen:
Ragweed, Grasses, and Nettle
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Thursday Friday
August 20, 2026 August 21, 2026

8.9

8.3

Pollen data provided by pollen.com.
Script provided by TylerTexasWeather.Com
Snow Today: 0.00 in
Yesterday: 0.00 in
August Snow: 0.00 in
Aug to Date
Avg:10
0.00 in
Aug to Date
Diff from Avg:10
No Change 0.00 in
August Avg
for Whole Month:
0.00 in
Season To Date:2 0.00 in
Season to Date
Average:2
0.00 in
Season to Date
Diff from Avg:2
No Change 0.00 in
Normal Season:2 41.38 in
Last Snow: Mar 3
Storm Total: 0.50 in
Current
Snow Depth:
0.00 in
0 Snow Days in August
Average First Snow:
November 29th
Moonrise: 2:51 pm
Moonset: 10:52 pm
Full Sturgeon Moon:
Aug 28
New Moon: Sep 10
Next Lunar Eclipse:
Aug 27, 2026
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Solar Summary
Sunrise: 6:07 am
Solar Noon: 12:57
Sunset: 7:46 pm
Next Solar Eclipse:
Aug 12, 2026
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Cooling Degree Days
Today: 0.7
August: 125.1
2026 to Date: 509.8
Heating Degree Days2
Season to Date: 0.9
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1 Rain season: Jan 1st to Dec 31st.    2 Snow & heating degree day season July 1st to June 30th.   
3 Snow manually measured, usually around 6PM.   
4 Station high/low records for this date, exclusive of todays readings, since 2013.
5 Windsor Locks Record and Normal temperatures are at Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT and are updated at 4AM.
6 Overnight Frost calculation starts at 10AM and resets to zero at 10AM the next day.
10 Historical average only to day 20 of just the month of August for this station since 2012
11 Historical average rain this year to day 20 of August for this station since 2012