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Connecticut · Lake fishing · Glastonbury · Near Middletown
Buckingham Reservoir
- Apr–Oct
- best months
Buckingham Reservoir is a 35-acre reservoir near Glastonbury, Connecticut, at about 452 feet.
Around this trail
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If it rainsSaraherib, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsLutz Children's Museum
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Museum · 2.6 mi from MiddletownChildren's museum in Connecticut, United States
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Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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Best time to visit Buckingham Reservoir
Best months: April–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
37° / 20°
10 wet
Feb
39° / 22°
9 wet
Mar
48° / 30°
11 wet
Apr
60° / 40°
11 wet
May
71° / 50°
12 wet
Jun
80° / 60°
11 wet
Jul
85° / 66°
11 wet
Aug
83° / 64°
10 wet
Sep
76° / 56°
10 wet
Oct
64° / 44°
11 wet
Nov
52° / 35°
10 wet
Dec
42° / 26°
11 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Hartford Brainard Fld, CT, 8 mi away at 19 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
