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Good Evening! Updated: Saturday, October 17th 6:55:00 pm  
Outside Temperature Current Conditions Forecast

Currently: 42.6, Max: 55.6, Min: 42.3

Colder 2.8°F than last hour. 42.6°F

Cold

Wind Chill: 
42.6°F

Temp Highs Lows
Today: 55.6°F
12:00am
42.3°F
6:50pm
Yesterday: 66.4°F
3:30pm
49.5°F
12:08am
One Year Ago: 59.7°F 40.7°F
Station Record
On This Date:4
78.2°F
2016
32.4°F
2015
This Month: 83.0°F
Oct 2
34.8°F
Oct 7
Windsor Locks
Record
On This Date:5
90°F
1908
25°F
1978
Normal:5 63 °F 42 °F
Night time, Dry It is Night time, Dry
Wind from E Wind:  E
0.2

Gusting to:
0.0
Current Rain Rain:
0.00 in
Fire Danger Level
Outside Temperature
Last Hour: -2.8°F
24 Hour: -21.5°F
Outside Averages
MTD Average: 55.7°F
YTD Average: 52.6°F
Inside Temperature
Currently: Warmer 0.1°F than last hour.70.7°F
Last Hour: +0.1°F
Tonight

Tonight: Clear
Clear

Sunday

Sunday: Sunny
Sunny

Sunday
Night
Sunday Night: Clear
Clear

Lo 29 °F Hi 54 °F Lo 33 °F

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Season Dates:
We've already lost
4 hours and 17 minutes of daylight!
Winter begins in 65 days
December 21st @ 3:51pm
Upcoming Holidays
Halloween October 31st
Thanksgiving November 26th
Dew Point Rain Wind Sun/Moon
Dew Point: Increased 1.8°F since last hour. 32.8°F
Really Dry
In Last Hour: +1.8°F
High Dew
Point:
54.8°F
at 12:00 AM
Low Dew
Point:
30.3°F
at 5:53 PM
Record Dew
Point:
89.4°F
Jul 8, 2025
Wetbulb: 38.8°F
Humidity
Humidity: Increased 11% since last hour. 68 %
In Last Hour: +11%
High
Today
99%
at 1:55 AM
Low
Today
54%
at 5:03 PM
Barometer
Current: Rising 0.037  inHg/hr 30.366 inHg
In Last Hour: Rising
In Last 3 Hours: Rising
Rain Today: 0.00 in
Rain Yesterday: 0.71 in
October Rain: 2.57 in
Oct to Date
Avg:10
1.96 in
Oct to Date
Diff from Avg:10
Over 0.61 in for the month 0.61 in
October Avg
for Whole Month:
3.93 in
YTD Rain:1 43.97 in
YTD Avg11 39.30 in
YTD
Diff from Avg:11
Over 4.67 in for the year 4.67 in
Last YTD Rain:1 34.09 in
Normal Year:1 49.03 in
Last Rain: Oct 16
at 7:52 PM
Storm Total: 0.71 in
3 Days in October
124 Rain/Snow Days in 2026
0 Days since last rain
Currently: E at
0.2 mph
Calm
Gusting To: 0.0
Max Gust
Last Hour:
7.3 mph SSW
at  5:57 pm
Max Gust
Today:
13.7 mph
at  4:25 AM
Wind Run: 43.05 miles
Max Gust
This Month:
15.6 mph
on  Oct 8
Max Gust
This Year:
28.2 mph
on  Feb 7
Max Gust
Record
40.3 mph
Oct 26, 2014
Wind Chill
Current: 42.6°F
Today: 41.3°F 
at 10:36 AM
Yesterday: 49.5°F
Record: -24.0°F
Feb 14, 2016
11 hours,
1 minute
of Daylight
- - - - - - - -
(Noon) graph (Midnight)
Legend
- - - - - - - -
Which is
2 min 41 sec Shorter Than
Yesterday
Waxing Crescent Moon
Evening Crescent, 7 days, 7 hours, 15 minutes in cycle
43%
Illuminated



Allergy Snow3 Lunar Summary Cloud Level
Predominant Pollen:
Ragweed
---------------------------
Saturday Sunday
October 17, 2026 October 18, 2026

0.3

1.5

Pollen data provided by pollen.com.
Script provided by TylerTexasWeather.Com
Snow Today: 0.00 in
Yesterday: 0.00 in
October Snow: 0.00 in
Oct to Date
Avg:10
0.04 in
Oct to Date
Diff from Avg:10
Under 0.043 in for the month -0.04 in
October Avg
for Whole Month:
0.08 in
Season To Date:2 0.00 in
Season to Date
Average:2
0.04 in
Season to Date
Diff from Avg:2
Under 0.043 in for the season -0.04 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 October
Average First Snow:
November 29th
Moonrise: 1:57 pm
Moonset: 9:44 pm
Full Hunter's Moon:
Oct 26
New Moon: Nov 9
Next Lunar Eclipse:
Jan 11, 2028
See Astronomy Page
See Moon Names Page
Solar Summary
Sunrise: 7:08 am
Solar Noon: 12:39
Sunset: 6:09 pm
Next Solar Eclipse:
Jan 26, 2028
See Astronomy Page
Heating Degree Days2
Today: 11.6
October: 156.2
Season to Date: 250.6
Cooling Degree Days
2026 to Date: 580.4
See Degree Day Info Page
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 17 of just the month of October for this station since 2012
11 Historical average rain this year to day 17 of October for this station since 2012