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CONNECTICUT · LOWER CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY PLANNING REGION

Essex Village

2,583 people, 90 ft above sea level in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region.

90 ftElevation, city center
2,583People, 2024 estimate
4 sq miLand area
Clear 43°
Clear now Dew point 29° · NW 6 mph · high 41°
City of Essex Village River Interstate 2 miles
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The Essex Village plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Essex Village

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 5:00 PM EST
RIGHT NOW Meriden Markham Municipal Airport (KMMK) · 5:53 PM
Clear
43° Clear Feels like 39° · high of 41° near 6 PM
WindNW 6 mphno gusts
Humidity57%rising to 85% by morning
Pressure29.79 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 29° · Dryabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Clear
Not this weeknone in the forecast for a week
LIKELY AMOUNT—nothing expected
LAST RAINNov. 90.01 in · 5 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
NWS Upton and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 6:15 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:36 AM4:31 PM ↓
9 h 54 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 26% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
8
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
Tomorrow: 17, good. No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 24 to 35°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
41° 33°
0% rain — WNW 6 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
50° 32°
0% rain — NW 9 A
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
52° 33°
0% rain — NNW 7 A
TUE Nov. 17 Sunny Sunny
56° 37°
0% rain — WNW 3 A
WED Nov. 18 Sunny Sunny
60° 39°
0% rain — W 5 A
THU Nov. 19 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
62° 41°
0% rain — WSW 5 B
FRI Nov. 20 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
62° 41°
0% rain — NW 5 B
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Essex Village about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Canadian Prairies three days ago, and over the Great Lakes a day ago, about 2,360 miles back along its path. It came down from about 9,300 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from the Canadian Prairies; at 10,000 feet, from British Columbia. It feels dry all the same. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Essex Village stands on

Essex Village’s center stands about 90 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 0 ft to 330 ft, a difference of 330 ft: rolling country. Open water lies within three miles. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Goose Hill, about 700 ft, 11 miles west-northwest.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Rope Ferry Gneiss, from the Neoproterozoic, 617 to 623 million years old.

The section below crosses 8 rock units mapped at the surface.

Essex Village, cut in half from south to north

A section south to north, 24 miles through the town center
0 ft200 ft400 ft600 ft ESSEX VILLAGE90 ftOld Saybrook20 ftMillstone Hill360 ftMitchell Hill320 ftEast Haddam520 ft ← SMoodus · N →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 31×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Brimfield Schist (Includes Hamilton Resevoir Formation)

Schist, gneiss. Age: Cambrian to Ordovician, 445 to 542 million years old. About 6 mi of the line.

Rope Ferry Gneiss

Gneiss. Age: Neoproterozoic, 617 to 623 million years old. About 3 mi of the line.

Tatnic Hill Formation

Gneiss, schist. Age: Neoproterozoic, 542 to 1,000 million years old. About 3 mi of the line.

Hebron Gneiss

Schist, calc-silicate-rock. Age: Neoproterozoic, 542 to 1,000 million years old. About 3 mi of the line.

Potter Hill Granite Gneiss

Gneiss. Age: Neoproterozoic, 542 to 1,000 million years old. About 2 mi of the line.

Unknown - Unmapped

About 1 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale. 2 smaller units along the line are not listed.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Essex Village’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Essex Village reaches Long Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean by way of the Falls and the Connecticut: about 8 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Essex Village≈ 8 mi · Long Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean
FROM THE CENTER OF ESSEX VILLAGE ≈ 8 mi to Long Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean Falls → Connecticut

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Essex Village; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Essex Village on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

New Haven CT · 28 MI 28 miles west Hartford CT · 32 MI 32 miles northwest New York NY · 94 MI 94 miles southwest Jersey City NJ · 98 MI 98 miles southwest Boston MA · 98 MI 98 miles northeast Newark NJ · 103 MI 103 miles southwest
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CONNECTICUT · LOWER CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY

Essex Village

2,583 people, 90 ft above sea level in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region.

90 ftElevation
2,583People
4 sq miLand
Clear 43°
ClearDew point 29°
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Today in Essex Village

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly cloudy night 41° 1%
9p partly cloudy night 38° 1%
12a partly cloudy night 36° 2%
3a partly cloudy night 34° 2%
6a mostly clear night 34° 1%
9a clear day 42° 1%
Clear
NEXT RAINNone this week
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Essex Village stands on

Essex Village’s center stands about 90 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 0 ft to 330 ft, a difference of 330 ft: rolling country. Open water lies within three miles. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Goose Hill, about 700 ft, 11 miles west-northwest.

Essex Village, south to north Essex Village90 ftMillstone Hill360 ft ← SN → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 59×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center90 ft
Within 3 miles0 to 330 ft
Lie of the landRolling (330 ft of relief)
High point nearbyGoose Hill, 700 ft, 11 mi west-northwest
Rock at the surfaceRope Ferry Gneiss
Its ageNeoproterozoic, 617 to 623 million years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 8 mito the AtlanticFalls → Connecticut

A raindrop that lands in Essex Village reaches Long Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean by way of the Falls and the Connecticut: about 8 river miles.