Essex, CT Weather Forecast
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Essex, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Essex, CT at a glance
Essex is home to about 6,802 people in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, across 10 square miles. It ranks 116th by population of 151 places in Connecticut with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Deep River, 4 miles away.
- County
- Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
- Population
- 6,802 2023 est.
- Land area
- 10 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 654
- Forecast point
- 41.3499°N, 72.4134°W
How well can the network see Essex?
The nearest Doppler radar is KOKX (New York City, NY), to the SW. Its lowest scan passes about 2,700 ft above Essex. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Essex is closer to its radar than 55% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KSNC (Chester Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Essex
- Deep River, CT4 mi
- Old Saybrook, CT4 mi
- Westbrook, CT5 mi
- Chester, CT6 mi
- Old Lyme, CT6 mi
- Clinton, CT7 mi
- Killingworth, CT9 mi
- East Haddam, CT9 mi
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