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Temperature

Current Conditions

Forecast

Currently Outside: 27.6°F Feels like: 28°F Uncomfortably Cold
High Today 37.2°F 2:31pm	Low Today 26.1°F 7:21am
Rec* High 69.0°F 1991	Rec* Low 6.0°F 1981
* Records from Weather Underground

	Currently, Clear skies
	Wind: W 0.0 Gusting to: 0.0 mph
	Snow³: 0.00 in

Overnight Mostly Clear	Monday Sunny	Monday Night Clear
Lo 24 °F	Hi 48 °F	Lo 32 °F
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Chandler Burning Index		Currently: 8.0 at 22:00

Dew Point

Liquid Precipitation

Wind

Sun/Moon

Dew Point:	14.3°F
In Last Hour:	-1.3°F
High Dew Point:	20.9°F at 16:33
Low Dew Point:	9.0 °F°F at 11:15
Wetbulb:	°F

Melt Today:	0.00 in
Yesterday:	0.00 in
Last 7 Days:	0.08 in
February Rain:	0.08 in
February Avg:	3.19 in
Diff from Avg:	-3.11 in
Rain Season:¹	2.83 in
Last YTD Rain:¹	1.32 in
Last Rain Time/Date:	2/1/2012 at 07:41
11 rain days in 2012
1 day in February 3 days since last rain

Currently:	W at 0.0 mph
Gusting To:	0.0 mph
Max Gust:	10.0@ 3:07pm
1Hr Average:	Calm
Max Gust This Month:	17.3 mph on Feb 1
Gust Year:	33.4 mph 1/18

Daylight:

10:16

+00:03
Minutes

100%
Illuminated

Humidity

Barometer

Humidity:	57 %
In Last Hour:	-2%
High Today	68% at 01:34
Low Today	35% at 12:17

Current:	30.130 .in inHg
In Last Hour:	Steady
High Today:	30.147 in. at 09:14
Low Today:	30.078 in. at 13:59

Heating Degree Days

Snow³

Wind Chill

Air

Today:	32.5
February:	131.5
2012 to Date:	1089.8
Cooling Degree Days
2012 to Date:	0.0

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

Current:	27.6°F
Today:	18.5°F at 9:22am
Yesterday:	26.5°F
Record:	-26.1°F 12/30/2010

Quality
Index⁶:
32

Good

Density:
1.312 kg/m³

UV Summary/Forecast

Solar Summary

5 Feb 2012 Low 1.7

6 Feb 2012 Low 1.8

7 Feb 2012 Low 2.1

Sunrise is at: 06:57

Solar Noon: 12:05

Sunset is at: 17:13

Almanac

Tides

Station All Time Records

Cloud Level

Currently:
YTD Avg Temp:	32.4°F
Sunrise:	6:57am
Sunset:	5:13pm
Moonrise:	4:18pm
Moonset:	5:47am
Full Moon:	7 February 2012
New Moon:	22:35 UTC 21 February 2012

5 hours, 45 minutes to low tide at 03:55 AM 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:1 \| 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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High pressure across the area will sink south tonight into monday as a cold front drops south across eastern canada. The cold front will move through on tuesday. High pressure returns tuesday night. A weak trough of low pressure then passes nearby wednesday into wednesday night...followed by weak high pressure thursday and friday. A cold front passes through friday night...followed by high pressure through the weekend. ... This discussion continues here

WXSIM Forecast for: Branford

Tonight	Monday (6 Feb)	Monday night	Tuesday (7 Feb)	Tuesday night	Wednesday (8 Feb)	Wednesday night	Thursday (9 Feb)	Thursday night

4	13	10	6	5	5	5	10	10

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TODAY IN WX HISTORY

Weather History for February 5

1987
Thunderstorms in the Southern Plains Region caused flooding in parts of south central Texas. Del Rio TX was soaked with two inches of rain in two hours prior to sunrise. (The National Weather Summary)

1988
Cold and snow invaded the southern U.S. Roswell NM was buried under 16.5 inches of snow in 24 hours, an all-time record for that location. Parts of the Central Gulf Coast Region reported their first significant snow in fifteen years. Strong winds in Minnesota and the Dakotas produced wind chill readings as cold as 75 degrees below zero. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

Todays low temperature of 26.1° tied the record on 02/03/2012

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