Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 15 h 14 min5:12 am – 8:26 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 7 min7:12 am – 4:19 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 82°F, lows 60°FColdest month January: highs 35°F, lows 15°F50 in of rain a year, on about 84 dayswettest month October39 in of snow a year, on about 14 days8 days above 90°F, 156 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, W Thompson Lake station, 2 mi away
Nearby landmarksWest Thompson Lakelake · 1.3 miDepot Hillpeak · under a mileFrench Riverriver · 2.0 miBuck Mountainpeak · 2.1 miCargill Falls Reservoirreservoir · 3.2 miQuinebaug River Reservoirreservoir · 3.3 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsAirline State Park Trail (North Trail)state park · 2.1 mi · 65 acresQuaddick State Parkstate park · 4.0 mi · 96 acresQuaddick Reservoirstate recreation area · 3.6 miQuaddick Reservoir Water Accessstate recreation area · 3.7 miWakefield Pond Access Areastate park · 5.3 miMurphy Recreation Parkpark · 3.7 miSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes9 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19700 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 3.7 on 2 Oct 199433 mi away, near Hardwick, MassachusettsMost recent: magnitude 3.3 on 12 Jan 201515 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively LowNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, compared with all US countiesHighest-rated hazardsHurricane Relatively ModerateRiver flooding Relatively ModerateSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality94% of days had good air in 2025339 of 362 days measured22 moderate, 1 unhealthy for sensitive groups daysMedian index 35, worst day 108main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, Windham County monitors, CT
Drinking waterWindham Water Worksserves 21,214 people from surface waterNo health-based violations since 20211 monitoring or reporting violation since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation384 ft117 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalUMass Memorial Health Harrington Hospital - Webster Campus4.4 miPost officeGrosvenor Dale Post Officeunder a mileTown hallThompson Town Hallunder a milePolicePutnam Police Department3.6 miFire stationCommunity Fire Companyunder a mileSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 mi5 schools1 elementary, 1 middle, 2 high, 1 otherElementaryMary Fisher Elementary Schoolunder a mileMiddleThompson Middle Schoolunder a mileHighTourtellotte Memorial High Schoolunder a mileCollegeNichols College5.4 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportWorcester Regional Airport ORH21 miMajor airportRhode Island T. F. Green International Airport PVD29 miInterstateI-3951.1 miUS highwayUS 443.3 miAmtrakWindsor Locks, CT WNL38 miCoachDanielson (Killingly Commons)Peter Pan (BZ)9.0 miTransit1 stop within a mileNortheastern Connecticut Transit District (NECTD)Sources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 06246 ZIP area.
