Temperature
68 F at 12 AM; 70 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 57 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 68F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 70F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 57F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Richmond Municipal Airport, Indiana
Small airport in Wayne County, Indiana68°
57°/52°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 68°·Gentle breeze 11 mph SW
Now. Richmond Municipal Airport is 68° and mostly cloudy at 2 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 49° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 8 AM, with some cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 54): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:55 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. 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 day is 11 hours 10 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
54Air quality
100%Humidity
74%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
68feels68
27%
Today
Oct 16
5752
49%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5237
23%
16mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6032
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6537
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6840
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6942
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7043
clear day
68°
57°52°
52°37°
60°32°
65°37°
68°40°
69°42°
70°43°
As of 2:00 AM in Richmond Municipal Airport, Indiana.
Air quality
The air at Richmond Municipal Airport
Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Dayton (OH), 34 miles off.
54Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate-
- Ozone22Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 41, good.
GoodModerate
- 41YesterdayOct 15
- 50TodayOct 16
- 50SatOct 17
- 44SunOct 18
- 41MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Richmond Municipal Airport
0.38 in in the last 24 hours, 0.44 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.38in
- Last 3 days
- 0.44in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 86%
Visibility
How far you can see at Richmond Municipal Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RID
- ICAO
- KRID
- IATA
- RID
- Field elevation
- 1,140 ft
- Serves
- Richmond
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- RID
- Wind now
- From 220° at 9 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 5,502 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 55° / 235° | 9 mph head, on 24 | 2 mph from the left |
| 15 / 33 | 4,999 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 145° / 325° | 2 mph head, on 15 | 9 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Richmond (RID), Richmond Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 68 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 76% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 7 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 68F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 76 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the southwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 14 mph, 11 PM Thursday, with a gust of 28 mph at 11 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 14mph
- 11 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 28mph
- 11 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.89 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.25 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.89inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.04inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.25inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 11 PM Thursday; 7 miles now.
- Now
- 7mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 11 PM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 700 ft at 8 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 700ft
- 8 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.30 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.15 in, in the hour to 11 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.30in
- Wettest hour
- 0.15in
- 11 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 5
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Richmond: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Richmond 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 now2 instruments
RichmondRID
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,132 ft/8 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
New CastleIN010
Beside a road/27.8 mi away/1,098 ft/42 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Richmond 2.9 SIN-WN-26
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/1,002 ft/138 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
WaterworksRWWI3
At a cooperative observer's station/9.0 mi away/1,096 ft/44 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Indiana
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Richmond Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Bostontown, 1 mi
- Richmondcity, 6 mi
- Spring Grovetown, 7 mi
- Abingtoncommunity, 7 mi
- Centervilletown, 9 mi
- Libertytown, 10 mi
- Brownsvillecommunity, 11 mi
- Webstercommunity, 11 mi
- Whitewatertown, 13 mi
- West College Cornertown, 13 mi
- Greens Forktown, 14 mi
- Fountain Citytown, 14 mi
Airports near Richmond Municipal Airport
- New Castle-Henry County Municipal AirportUWL, 27 mi
- Batesville AirportHLB, 36 mi
- Delaware County Johnson FieldMIE, 45 mi
- Anderson Municipal Darlington FieldAID, 47 mi
- Portland Municipal AirportPLD, 49 mi
- Shelbyville Municipal AirportGEZ, 52 mi
- Indianapolis Regional AirportMQJ, 56 mi
- Indianapolis Metropolitan AirportUMP, 65 mi