Derby, Connecticut Weather
Derby, 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 Derby, New Haven County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Derby. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Derby is published on the Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport (KBDR) page, 18 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. 6 airfields within reach of Derby 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 Derby: Waterbury Oxford Airport (KOXC) 18 km · Danbury Municipal Airport (KDXR) 33 km · Waterbury Airport (KN41) 35 km · Candlelight Farms Airport (K11N) 42 km · Westchester County Airport (KHPN) 59 km
Conditions reported at KBDR describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Derby specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Derby, Connecticut
Derby unfolds along the Naugatuck River’s embrace, a place where the land rises in weathered hills and the river carves its steady path. The air here, especially as the sun dips low, carries a certain coolness, a damp breath from the water that mingles with the scent of pine from the bordering woodlands. You can feel the firm, unyielding earth beneath your feet, a testament to the bedrock that anchors this valley community, and see the houses clinging to the slopes, their roofs catching the fading light like scattered embers. The very character of Derby is etched in these inclines and the persistent flow of the river, a constant, quiet presence. This corner of the Naugatuck Valley holds a deep industrial past, a legacy of the mills that once hummed with the ceaseless energy of production, their shadows now softened by time. Derby’s story is interwoven with the ingenuity and labor that powered the region, transforming raw materials into finished goods, a spirit that still flickers in the resilient businesses that now occupy its streets. The river, once a mighty engine of commerce, now offers a more tranquil beauty, its banks a place for contemplation and a reminder of the natural forces that shaped this locality. Distinctive landmarks, echoes of its manufacturing heyday, punctuate the landscape, bearing silent witness to the generations who built their lives and livelihoods here.
Live animated radar for Derby 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 | Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut |
| Coordinates | 41.320652°N, 73.088997°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 06418 |
| Area Code | 203, 475, 860, 959 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Derby, Connecticut Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Derby, 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 Derby includes coordinates 41.320652°N, 73.088997°W, situated in New Haven County. ZIP code 06418. 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.
