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METRIC | IMPERIAL

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Temperature

Current Conditions

Forecast

Currently Outside: 38.0°F Feels like: 35°F Cold
High Today 48.3°F 3:46am	Low Today 37.3°F 7:57am
Rec* High 64.0°F 1990	Rec* Low -0.0°F 1971
* Records from Weather Underground

	Currently, Clear skies
	Wind: W 9.8 Gusting to: 4.0 mph
	Rain: 0.00 in

Today Breezy	Tonight Mostly Clear	Thursday Increasing Clouds
Hi 41 °F	Lo 14 °F	Hi 35 °F
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Chandler Burning Index		Currently: 22.5 at 09:00

Dew Point

Liquid Precipitation

Wind

Sun/Moon

Dew Point:	18.0°F
In Last Hour:	-0.4°F
High Dew Point:	45.9°F at 01:43
Low Dew Point:	17.3 °F°F at 06:20
Wetbulb:	°F

Today:	0.00 in
Storm Rain:	0.30 in
Yesterday:	0.30 in
Last 7 Days:	1.31 in
January Rain:	1.42 in
January Avg:	2.11 in
Diff from Avg:	-0.69 in
Rain Season:¹	1.42 in
Last YTD Rain:¹	0.10 in
Last Rain Time/Date:	1/17/2012 at 16:24
5 rain days in 2012
5 days in January 0 day since last rain

Currently:	W at 9.8 mph
Gusting To:	4.0 mph
Max Gust:	29.0@ 5:13am
1Hr Average:	4.0 mph
Max Gust This Month:	31.1 mph on Jan 13
Gust Year:	31.1 mph 1/13

Daylight:

09:36

+00:02
Minutes

96%
Illuminated

Humidity

Barometer

Humidity:	44 %
In Last Hour:	-2%
High Today	97% at 00:00
Low Today	39% at 06:20

Current:	29.797 .in inHg
In Last Hour:	Rising
High Today:	29.797 in. at 08:59
Low Today:	29.515 in. at 00:29

Heating Degree Days

Snow³

Wind Chill

Air

Today:	7.4
January:	543.4
2012 to Date:	543.4
Cooling Degree Days
2012 to Date:	0.0

Today:	0.00 in
Yesterday:	0.50 in
January:	1.00 in
January Avg:	0.00 in
Diff from Avg:	1.00 in
Season Total:²	3.00 in
Snow Depth:	0.00 in
2 snow days in January
2 snow days this season.²

Current:	35.0°F
Today:	27.5°F at 8:45am
Yesterday:	25.7°F
Record:	-26.1°F 12/30/2010

Quality
Index⁶:
34

Good

Density:
1.270 kg/m³

UV Summary/Forecast

Solar Summary

18 Jan 2012 Low 1.5

19 Jan 2012 Low 1.2

20 Jan 2012 Low 1.3

Sunrise is at: 07:13

Solar Noon: 12:01

Sunset is at: 16:49

Almanac

Tides

Station All Time Records

Cloud Level

Currently:
YTD Avg Temp:	32.2°F
Sunrise:	7:13am
Sunset:	4:49pm
Moonrise:	2:39am
Moonset:	12:23pm
Full Moon:	9 January 2012
New Moon:	07:40 UTC 23 January 2012

3 hours, 54 minutes to low tide at 01:06 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:5 \| ISS:Ok \| CON:4.7 \| RCP:98%

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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A cold front moves east of the region this morning...then high pressure builds through the region through thursday. A cold front moves through thursday night...with high pressure building in friday. Multiple low pressure systems will impact the region over the weekend into early next week. ... This discussion continues here

Today Mostly Sunny	Tonight Partly Cloudy	Thursday (19 Jan) Partly Cloudy	Thursday night Snow	Friday (20 Jan) Partly Cloudy	Friday night Partly Cloudy	Saturday (21 Jan) Mix	Saturday night Mix	Sunday (22 Jan) Partly Cloudy

TODAY IN WX HISTORY

Weather History for January 18

1987
A storm in the south central U.S. blanketed Oklahoma City with eight inches of snow, their highest total since 1948. Snowfall totals in Oklahoma ranged up to 13 inches at Gage, with drifts five feet high. Roof collapses across the state resulted in seven million dollars damage. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988
A storm in the southwestern U.S. produced a 15 to 20 foot surf along the southern coast of California resulting in more than fifty million dollars damage. A small tornado in Orange County CA lifted a baseball dugout fifteen feet into the air and deposited it in the street, 150 yards away. The same storm also produced 26 inches of snow at Duck Creek UT. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)