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Old Hill, Connecticut Weather

Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Old Hill weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Old Hill, CT
Sunday, July 5 at 4:29 AM
73
°
Overcast
Feels like
79°
Humidity
91%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
1:26 AM
Sunset
4:29 PM
Old Hill, CT
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastOld Hill, CT: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 71 to 83 degrees Fahrenheit with a 68% chance of precipitation at 2 AM.
L 71°H 83°
Old Hill, CT
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Light Drizzle
    57%
    0.01″
    83°73°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Heavy Rain
    90%
    3.6″
    74°67°-9°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Drizzle
    86%
    0.02″
    72°61°-2°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    24%
    74°57°+2°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    22%
    80°61°+6°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    48%
    84°68°+4°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    27%
    81°59°-3°
Old Hill, CT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNW
333° · veering 80°
Direction
NNW
333°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
15
mph
Peak 24h
23
avg 7
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 7 · pk 23 @ 9:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 157SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 80° from the nnw.
Old Hill, CT
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1006.9
-2.5 mb in 3h · falling rapidly · 29.73 inHg
Now
1006.9
mb
3h
-2.5
mb
12h
+0.8
mb
24h
-0.2
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10041010
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1009.51004.41007.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure giving way — clouds thicken and rain edges closer.
Old Hill, CT
Air quality
33
AQI
Good
-16 in 6h

AQI 33 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI down 16 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
4.6μg/m³
PM 10Good
5μg/m³
NO₂Good
7μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERGood
57μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 4.6 µg/m³ (AQI 26) with a 0.98 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.98
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Old Hill, CT
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
27.9mi
UNLIMITED
86 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
08:29 UTC · Old Hill, CT · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
08:29 UTC · Old Hill, CT · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Old Hill, CT
Satellite · infrared · animated
Old Hill, CT
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Old Hill, CT
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
4:54 AM
Sunrise
1:26 AM
Daylight
15h 03m
Sunset
4:29 PM
Civil dusk
9:03 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Old Hill, CT
The moon
Waning Gibbous
74% illuminated
Moonrise
11:11 PM
Moonset
11:03 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Old Hill, CT
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

fish
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Old Hill at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 73°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: April 23 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

15-Day Forecast — Old Hill

  1. Sun83°73°57%
  2. Mon74°67°90%
  3. Tue72°61°86%
  4. Wed74°57°24%
  5. Thu80°61°22%
  6. Fri84°68°48%
  7. Sat81°59°27%
  8. Sun80°60°24%
  9. Mon72°59°18%
  10. Tue80°57°22%
  11. Wed82°66°19%
  12. Thu86°66°26%
  13. Fri84°70°26%
  14. Sat81°65°35%
  15. Sun85°67°34%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Old Hill

SPC has placed Old Hill in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3NONENo severe risk

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Old Hill

  • 06880

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.