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Temperature

Current Conditions

Forecast

Currently Outside: 47.9°F Feels like: 47°F Cool
High Today 53.3°F 12:10pm	Low Today 39.2°F 6:22am
Rec* High 66.0°F 1974	Rec* Low 3.0°F 2003
* Records from Weather Underground

	Currently, --- mist
	Wind: W 2.3 Gusting to: 3.0 mph
	Rain: 0.57 in

Tonight Chance Showers	Saturday Partly Sunny	Saturday Night Mostly Clear
Lo 31 °F	Hi 44 °F	Lo 29 °F
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Chandler Burning Index		Currently: -2.1 at 17:45

Dew Point

Liquid Precipitation

Wind

Sun/Moon

Dew Point:	47.1°F
In Last Hour:	+6.6°F
High Dew Point:	52.5°F at 12:10
Low Dew Point:	38.3 °F°F at 06:13
Wetbulb:	°F

Today:	0.57 in
Storm Rain:	0.84 in
Yesterday:	0.27 in
Last 7 Days:	0.77 in
January Rain:	2.75 in
January Avg:	2.11 in
Diff from Avg:	0.64 in
Rain Season:¹	2.75 in
Last YTD Rain:¹	1.10 in
Last Rain Time/Date:	1/27/2012 at 17:09
9 rain days in 2012
10 days in January 0 day since last rain

Currently:	W at 2.3 mph
Gusting To:	3.0 mph
Max Gust:	20.0@ 12:08pm
1Hr Average:	0.8 mph
Max Gust This Month:	33.4 mph on Jan 18
Gust Year:	33.4 mph 1/18

Daylight:

09:53

+00:02
Minutes

95%
Illuminated

Humidity

Barometer

Humidity:	97 %
In Last Hour:	0%
High Today	98% at 12:27
Low Today	96% at 00:00

Current:	29.367 .in inHg
In Last Hour:	Rising
High Today:	29.857 in. at 00:00
Low Today:	29.281 in. at 16:14

Heating Degree Days

Snow³

Wind Chill

Air

Today:	16.3
January:	847.1
2012 to Date:	847.1
Cooling Degree Days
2012 to Date:	0.0

Today:	0.00 in
Yesterday:	0.00 in
January:	9.50 in
January Avg:	0.00 in
Diff from Avg:	9.50 in
Season Total:²	11.50 in
Snow Depth:	0.00 in
4 snow days in January
4 snow days this season.²

Current:	47.3°F
Today:	35.4°F at 11:43am
Yesterday:	30.9°F
Record:	-26.1°F 12/30/2010

Quality
Index⁶:
44

Good

Density:
1.223 kg/m³

UV Summary/Forecast

Solar Summary

27 Jan 2012 Low 1.8

28 Jan 2012 Low 1.8

29 Jan 2012 Low 1.6

Sunrise is at: 07:07

Solar Noon: 12:03

Sunset is at: 17:00

Almanac

Tides

Station All Time Records

Cloud Level

Currently:
YTD Avg Temp:	32.2°F
Sunrise:	7:07am
Sunset:	5:00pm
Moonrise:	8:57am
Moonset:	8:47pm
Full Moon:	7 February 2012
New Moon:	22:35 UTC 21 February 2012

2 hours, 33 minutes to low tide at 08:28 PM EST

HIGHS:	LOWS:
99.3°F 07/22/2011	-1.5°F 01/17/2009
Daytime Records
95.9°F 07/05/2010	9.5°F 01/24/2011
Nitetime Records
81.9°F 07/07/2010	6.3°F 01/16/2009
ICN:10 \| ISS:Ok \| CON:4.7 \| RCP:96%

¹ Rain season: Jan 1st to Dec 31st. ² Snow season July 1st to June 30th. ³ Snow manually measured usually around 7AM and 7PM. ⁶ Air Quality Index from the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. AQI is updated hourly between the hours of 6AM and Midnight.

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Low pressure moves into the canadian maritimes this evening and drags a cold front through the region. High pressure briefly builds into the region early saturday...but it moves offshore as a weak cold front moves across the region saturday night. High pressure builds south sunday and monday as a weak front moves through sunday night. ... This discussion continues here

This afternoon Chance rain	Tonight Partly Cloudy	Saturday (28 Jan) Mostly Sunny	Saturday night Partly Cloudy	Sunday (29 Jan) Sunny	Sunday night Partly Cloudy	Monday (30 Jan) Mostly Sunny	Monday night Partly Cloudy	Tuesday (31 Jan) Partly Cloudy

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	Conditions	Temperature	Wind	Precipitation	UV	Description and notes
This afternoon			13-21 mph	.1 in PoP: 40%		Dense overcast. Light to moderate fog. A chance of rain. Precipitation mostly around a tenth of an inch.
Tonight			12-22 mph			Partly cloudy in the evening, becoming mostly clear after midnight. Wind chill ranging from 22 to 41.
Saturday (28 Jan)			7-17 mph			Mostly sunny in the morning, becoming partly to mostly sunny in the afternoon.
Saturday night			12-21 mph			Mostly cloudy in the evening, becoming fair to partly cloudy after midnight. Wind chill ranging from 21 to 35.
Sunday (29 Jan)			12-21 mph			Sunny.
Sunday night			18-26 mph			Mostly cloudy to cloudy in the evening, becoming partly cloudy after midnight. Wind chill ranging from 16 to 28.
Monday (30 Jan)			16-26 mph			Sunny in the morning, becoming mostly sunny in the afternoon. Wind chill ranging from 14 to 21.
Monday night			11-18 mph			Mostly clear in the evening, becoming partly cloudy after midnight. Wind chill ranging from 7 to 17.
Tuesday (31 Jan)			16-26 mph			Partly cloudy in the morning, becoming partly to mostly sunny in the afternoon.
Tuesday night			9-16 mph			Partly cloudy in the evening, becoming partly to mostly cloudy after midnight. Wind chill ranging from 20 to 34.

	Conditions	Temperature	Wind	Precipitation	Pressure	UV	Description and notes
Friday 27 Jan
15:00			14-20 mph	<2 in	29.4 inHg		Cloudy. Light rain.
18:00			16-23 mph	<2 in	29.4 inHg		Cloudy. Light rain.
21:00			17-26 mph		29.6 inHg		Mostly cloudy.
Saturday 28 Jan
00:00			16-25 mph		29.7 inHg		Partly cloudy.
03:00			12-23 mph		29.8 inHg		Mostly clear.
06:00		Windch.:22°F	7-18 mph		29.9 inHg		Mostly clear.
09:00			5-11 mph		30.0 inHg		Mostly sunny.
12:00			6-19 mph		30.0 inHg		Mostly sunny.
15:00			9-21 mph		29.9 inHg		Partly cloudy.
18:00			10-21 mph		29.9 inHg		Partly cloudy.
21:00			11-19 mph		29.9 inHg		Partly cloudy.
Sunday 29 Jan
00:00			14-22 mph	<2 in	29.9 inHg		Cloudy. Light sleet.
03:00			14-24 mph		30.0 inHg		Partly cloudy.
06:00		Windch.:20°F	11-22 mph		30.1 inHg		Mostly clear.
09:00		Windch.:18°F	11-22 mph		30.2 inHg		Sunny.
12:00			12-24 mph		30.1 inHg		Sunny.
15:00			13-24 mph		30.0 inHg		Sunny.
18:00			12-23 mph		30.0 inHg		Partly cloudy.
21:00		Windch.:21°F	15-22 mph		30.0 inHg		Mostly cloudy.
Monday 30 Jan
00:00		Windch.:20°F	17-25 mph		29.9 inHg		Cloudy.
03:00		Windch.:19°F	18-28 mph		30.0 inHg		Mostly cloudy.
06:00		Windch.:16°F	17-28 mph		30.1 inHg		Clear.
09:00		Windch.:14°F	17-28 mph		30.2 inHg		Sunny.
12:00		Windch.:17°F	17-29 mph		30.2 inHg		Sunny.
15:00		Windch.:20°F	15-27 mph		30.2 inHg		Mostly sunny.
18:00		Windch.:17°F	10-23 mph		30.3 inHg		Partly cloudy.
21:00		Windch.:13°F	7-15 mph		30.3 inHg		Mostly clear.
Tuesday 31 Jan
00:00		Windch.:7°F	9 mph		30.3 inHg		Partly cloudy.
03:00		Windch.:7°F	11-16 mph		30.2 inHg		Partly cloudy.
06:00		Windch.:8°F	14-19 mph		30.2 inHg		Mostly cloudy.
09:00		Windch.:11°F	17-24 mph		30.2 inHg		Mostly cloudy.
12:00			18-27 mph		30.1 inHg		Mostly cloudy.
15:00			15-29 mph		30.1 inHg		Partly cloudy.
18:00			11-24 mph		30.1 inHg		Partly cloudy.
21:00			9-16 mph		30.1 inHg		Partly cloudy.

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	Temperature	Precipitation	Grass temperature	Surface temperature	Soil -1.5 in	Soil -3 in
Friday 27 Jan
15:00		<2 in			Moisture:42%
18:00		<2 in			Moisture:42%
21:00					Moisture:42%
Saturday 28 Jan
00:00					Moisture:42%
03:00					Moisture:42%
06:00					Moisture:42%
09:00					Moisture:41%
12:00					Moisture:41%
15:00					Moisture:41%
18:00					Moisture:41%
21:00					Moisture:41%
Sunday 29 Jan
00:00		<2 in			Moisture:41%
03:00					Moisture:41%
06:00					Moisture:40%
09:00					Moisture:40%
12:00					Moisture:40%
15:00					Moisture:40%
18:00					Moisture:40%
21:00					Moisture:40%
Monday 30 Jan
00:00					Moisture:39%
03:00					Moisture:39%
06:00					Moisture:39%
09:00					Moisture:39%
12:00					Moisture:39%
15:00					Moisture:39%
18:00					Moisture:38%
21:00					Moisture:38%
Tuesday 31 Jan
00:00					Moisture:38%
03:00					Moisture:38%
06:00					Moisture:38%
09:00					Moisture:38%
12:00					Moisture:38%
15:00					Moisture:38%
18:00					Moisture:37%
21:00					Moisture:37%

TODAY IN WX HISTORY

Weather History for January 27

1988
The nation got a breather from winter storms, however, cold arctic air settled into the southeastern U.S. Hollywood FL reported a record low reading of 39 degrees. (National Weather Summary)

1989
The last half of January was bitterly cold over most of Alaska. Nearly thirty stations established all-time record low temperatures. On this date Tanana reported a low of -76 degrees. Daily highs of -66 degrees were reported at Chandalar Lake on the 22nd, and at Ambler on the 26th. (The Weather Channel)

Todays high dew point of 52.5° surpassed the yearly high of 49.5° set on 01/23/2012 by 3°

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