Winsted, Connecticut Weather
Winsted, 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 Winsted, Litchfield County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Winsted. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Winsted is published on the Waterbury Airport (KN41) page, 32 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. 3 airfields within reach of Winsted 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 Winsted: Waterbury Oxford Airport (KOXC) 50 km · Candlelight Farms Airport (K11N) 51 km
Conditions reported at KN41 describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Winsted specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Winsted, Connecticut
Winsted rests in a valley carved by the Farmington River, its embrace of rolling hills and dense woodlands a quiet invitation to stillness. It lies 8.9 miles north-north-east of Torrington, CT (from Torrington, CT: bearing 21°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north of Northwest Harwinton. The air here, especially as the sun begins its descent, carries the crisp scent of pine and damp earth, a perfume that clings to the weathered clapboard houses and stone foundations that line its streets. The landscape itself breathes a certain resilience, the steep inclines of the surrounding terrain speaking of a place shaped by forces both grand and intimate, where the sky, when it breaks free of the tree canopy, seems impossibly vast and a vibrant, bruised violet at twilight. The echoes of Winsted's industrial past still resonate, a legacy of paper mills and clock factories that once pulsed with life along the riverbanks. Though those days have largely receded, the sturdy bones of the town remain, testament to a history of ingenuity and hard work. Today, Winsted finds its footing in a different rhythm, a blend of small businesses and a growing appreciation for the natural beauty that surrounds it, with nearby Highland Lake offering a shimmering expanse for recreation and reflection. The quiet hum of everyday life here is punctuated by the rustle of leaves and the distant call of a bird, a gentle counterpoint to the deeper currents of history that flow beneath the surface of this northwestern Connecticut haven.
Live animated radar for Winsted 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 | Winsted, Litchfield County, Connecticut |
| Coordinates | 41.921207°N, 73.060108°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 06098 |
| Area Code | 203, 475, 860, 959 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Winsted, Connecticut Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Winsted, 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 Winsted includes coordinates 41.921207°N, 73.060108°W, situated in Litchfield County. ZIP code 06098. 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.
