Compo, Connecticut Weather
Compo, Connecticut — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Compo, Fairfield County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Compo. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Compo is published on the Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport (KBDR) page, 20 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 5 airfields within reach of Compo have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Compo: Westchester County Airport (KHPN) 30 km · Danbury Municipal Airport (KDXR) 31 km · Waterbury Oxford Airport (KOXC) 45 km · Candlelight Farms Airport (K11N) 52 km
Conditions reported at KBDR describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Compo specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Compo, Connecticut
Compo breathes the salt-tinged air of Long Island Sound, its landscape a gentle slope towards the water where sandy stretches meet weathered, low-lying dunes. It lies 2.8 miles east of Norwalk, CT (from Norwalk, CT: bearing 99°T), and is situated 8.7 miles west-south-west of Bridgeport. The terrain here is a study in subtle transitions, from the manicured lawns of waterfront homes to the more rugged, wind-swept areas where sea grass stubbornly anchors itself against the persistent breeze. The light, especially in late afternoon, washes over the scene with a diffused, pearlescent glow, catching the glint of distant sailboats and softening the edges of the scrubby coastal vegetation. The very air feels slightly thicker, carrying the faintest whisper of brine and the distant cry of gulls, a constant reminder of the ocean's proximity and its quiet dominion over this stretch of coastline. Historically, Compo's identity has been inextricably linked to its maritime character, though its early days saw a more agrarian bent before the allure of the sea became paramount. The local economy, once reliant on fishing and shipbuilding, has largely shifted towards a service-based model, catering to summer visitors and its own year-round residents who appreciate the quiet charm. Its history is marked by a resilience that echoes the ebb and flow of the tides, a narrative woven through the weathered clapboard of older buildings and the more contemporary structures that now dot the shoreline. A distinctive feature of Compo is the palpable sense of community, a shared understanding born from generations living by the rhythms of the coast, where the pace of life often seems to adjust to the gentle lapping of waves against the shore.
Live animated radar for Compo and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Compo, Fairfield County, Connecticut |
| Coordinates | 41.111486°N, 73.355117°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Area Code | 203, 475, 860, 959 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Compo, Connecticut Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Compo, Connecticut, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Compo includes coordinates 41.111486°N, 73.355117°W, situated in Fairfield County. Telephone area code: 203, 475, 860, 959. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
