South Windham, Connecticut Weather
South Windham, Connecticut — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for South Windham, New London County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near South Windham. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for South Windham is published on the Windham Airport (KIJD) page, 7 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 South Windham 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 South Windham: Toutant Airport (KC44) 32 km · Ellington Airport (K7B9) 36 km · Groton New London Airport (KGON) 40 km · Hartford Brainard Airport (KHFD) 40 km · Chester Airport (KSNC) 43 km
Conditions reported at KIJD describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at South Windham specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for South Windham.
About South Windham, Connecticut
South Windham spreads out across a gentle, rolling terrain, where the Connecticut River's influence is felt in the dampness of the air and the rich, dark loam of its fields. It lies 11.8 miles north-north-west of Norwich, CT (from Norwich, CT: bearing 336°T), and is situated 2.9 miles south-east of Willimantic. The landscape here is a mosaic of mature woodlands, their canopies a deep, verdant green, interspersed with open meadows that catch the low-angled sunlight of late afternoon, painting them in hues of gold and amber. Farmhouses, their clapboard weathered to soft grays and whites, dot the hillsides, often accompanied by silos that stand like silent sentinels against the expansive sky. The roads, winding and often unpaved, follow the natural contours of the land, leading past stone walls that speak of generations of labor, their moss-covered faces softened by the persistent humidity. The history of South Windham is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of the region and the industrious spirit of its early settlers, who cleared these lands for farming and later for mills powered by the nearby waterways. For a time, the economy here hummed with the production of textiles and lumber, the sounds of machinery echoing through the valleys before giving way to a more pastoral existence. Today, while agriculture still plays a role, the character of South Windham is defined by its quiet residential nature, a place where the pace of life seems to mirror the slow, steady flow of the river. The old stone bridges, some dating back centuries, remain as enduring testaments to the ingenuity of those who first built this place, their sturdy arches a constant reminder of the passage of time and the enduring strength of the land.
Live animated radar for South Windham 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 | South Windham, New London County, Connecticut |
| Coordinates | 41.679543°N, 72.170356°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 South Windham, Connecticut Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for South Windham, 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 South Windham includes coordinates 41.679543°N, 72.170356°W, situated in New London 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.
