Temperature
84 F at 5 PM; 86 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 56 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 84F
- 5 PM
- Highest
- 86F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 56F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Riverside Municipal Airport
Riverside Municipal Airport, California
Medium airport in Riverside County, California* WHAT...For Thursday and Friday northeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts 55 to 65 mph possible. Gusts over 65 mph possible near the Cajon Pass. For Saturday, winds will turn more easterly with gusts 35 to 45 mph, strongest below the San Gorgonio Pass. * WHERE...San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire. * WHEN...Until 8 PM PDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult for high profile vehicles. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds will be strongest on Friday.
People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind.
83°
90°/59°
Clear·
Feels like 80°·Moderate breeze 16 mph NNE
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Riverside Municipal Airport until 8 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Riverside Municipal Airport is 83° and clear at 6 PM. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northeast at 16 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 67° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 91°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 68°. Rain is likely Wednesday (66%). Rain is possible Tuesday (45%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:16 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 9:37 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
44Air quality
17%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
83feels80
16mph
Today
Oct 15
9059
25mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
9167
21mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8866
13mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8663
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8463
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7360
45%
14mph
Wed
Oct 21
6856
66%
83°
90°59°
91°67°
88°66°
86°63°
84°63°
73°60°
68°56°
As of 6:00 PM in Riverside Municipal Airport, California.
Air quality
The air at Riverside Municipal Airport
Index 44, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Metro Riverside CO (CA), 4 miles off.
44Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good3.7 mi
- Ozone44Good48 ppb3.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)29Good3.7 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.2 ppb3.7 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb3.7 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm3.7 mi
The days ahead
Highest 83, moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 48, good.
GoodModerate
- 48YesterdayOct 14
- 44TodayOct 15
- 83FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Riverside Municipal Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Riverside Municipal Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RAL
- ICAO
- KRAL
- IATA
- RAL
- Field elevation
- 819 ft
- Serves
- Riverside
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- RAL
- Wind now
- From 40° at 13 mph, read 15 Oct, 17:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 5,401 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 103° / 283° | 6 mph head, on 09 | 12 mph from the left |
| 16 / 34 | 2,850 ft | 50 ft | Asphalt | 179° / 359° | 10 mph head, on 34 | 9 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Riverside Municipal (RAL), Riverside Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 35 F, the air 17% saturated; the humidity ran from 16% at 2 PM to 64% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 35F
- 5 PM
- Humidity now
- 17%
- Humidity, range
- 16 to 64%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
14 mph from the northeast at 6 PM; at its strongest 17 mph, 10 AM, with a gust of 38 mph at 10 AM.
- Now
- 14mph
- from the northeast
- Strongest
- 17mph
- 10 AM
- Highest gust
- 38mph
- 10 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.96 inHg at 6 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.96inHg
- 6 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.09inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Riverside Municipal: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Riverside Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/817 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
UniversityUCRC1
On a college campus/5.5 mi away/974 ft/155 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-15 : Jurupa AvenueCF174
Beside a road/9.0 mi away/908 ft/89 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Fallbrook 5 NE53151
At a climate reference station/38.9 mi away/1,140 ft/321 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Riverside 1.6 NCA-RV-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/810 ft/9 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/3.3 mi away/850 ft/31 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- Jurupa Valleycity, 3 mi
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- Woodcrestcommunity, 7 mi
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Airports near Riverside Municipal Airport
- Corona Municipal AirportAJO, 10 mi
- Chino AirportCNO, 11 mi
- Ontario International AirportONT, 11 mi
- March Air Reserve BaseRIV, 12 mi
- San Bernardino International AirportSBD, 16 mi
- Upland-Cable AirportCCB, 18 mi
- Brackett FieldPOC, 22 mi
- Hemet Ryan AirportHMT, 29 mi