About This Station

The station is powered by a Ambient Weather 1400-IP weather station and is located in the Quaker Farms area of Oxford CT. The data is collected is collected using the AmbientWeather.net API and uploaded to this site every 60 seconds. The station is comprised of an anemometer, a rain gauge and a thermo-hydro sensor situated in optimal positions for highest accuracy possible.

About This Town

In the 18th century, farmers herded livestock through Oxford from as far away as Litchfield on the way to the port of New Haven. In the 19th century, the town lost population as farmers moved to work in better-paying factories. Oxford was incorporated in October 1798. The town is named after Oxford, in England.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 33.3 square miles (86.3 km2), of which 32.7 square miles (84.8 km2) is land and 0.58 square miles (1.5 km2), or 1.78%, is water. The towns bordering Oxford are Monroe, Newtown, Southbury, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Beacon Falls, Seymour and Shelton.

In Oxford, the summers are warm and wet, the winters are freezing and snowy, and it is partly cloudy year round. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 20 F to 81 F and is rarely below 6 F or above 88 F. Based on the tourism score, the best time of year to visit Oxford for warm-weather activities is from mid June to mid September.

About This Website

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