Temperature
28 F at 2 AM; 46 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 28 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 28F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 46F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 28F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Sidney - Richland Regional Airport, Montana
Medium airport in Richland County, Montana29°
60°/25°
Clear·
Feels like 29°·Light air 3 mph WNW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 16 degrees warmer: a high of 76° after 60° today.
Now. Sidney - Richland Regional Airport is 29° and clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 27°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the west-northwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 58° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 6 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 76°, and the coolest Sunday, near 63°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Monday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:07 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 9:39 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 10 hours 51 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
22Air quality
96%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
29feels29
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6025
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
7638
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6346
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6836
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
7041
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6641
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7040
10%
29°
60°25°
76°38°
63°46°
68°36°
70°41°
66°41°
70°40°
As of 3:00 AM in Sidney - Richland Regional Airport, Montana.
Air quality
The air at Sidney - Richland Regional Airport
Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Theodore Roosevelt National Park (ND), 61 miles off.
22Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)3Good-
- Ozone22Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 6, good.
GoodModerate
- 6YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sidney - Richland Regional Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. 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 Sidney - Richland Regional Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 12 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SDY
- ICAO
- KSDY
- IATA
- SDY
- Field elevation
- 1,985 ft
- Serves
- Sidney
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- SDY
- Wind now
- From 230° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 5,705 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 23° / 203° | 3 mph head, on 19 | 1 mph from the right |
| 11 / 29 | 4,024 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 118° / 298° | 1 mph head, on 29 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Sidney-Richland (SDY), Sidney - Richland Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 27 F, the air 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 56% at 3 PM Thursday to 96% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 27F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 96%
- Humidity, range
- 56 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
3 mph from the north northwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 27 mph, 11 AM Thursday, with a gust of 45 mph at 11 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 3mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 27mph
- 11 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 45mph
- 11 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.71 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.43 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.71inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.43inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 8 miles at 1 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 8mi
- 1 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 2,300 ft at 12 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,300ft
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 18
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
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
Sidney-Richland: 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 Sidney - Richland Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,985 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
SidneyS2120
At a soil climate station/5.2 mi away/2,274 ft/289 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Sidney ScanSISM8
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.2 mi away/2,274 ft/289 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/16.0 mi away/2,434 ft/449 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Sidney 2 SSIDM8
At a cooperative observer's station/2.6 mi away/1,916 ft/69 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Sidney 1.3 NEMT-RC-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/1,935 ft/50 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Sidney 2 S (SIDM8), 2.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:20. measured daily
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Near Sidney - Richland Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Sidney - Richland Regional Airport
- Dawson Community AirportGDV, 49 mi
- Poplar Muni AirportPO1, 54 mi
- L M Clayton AirportOLF, 69 mi
- Sher-Wood AirportPWD, 77 mi
- Baker Municipal AirportBHK, 94 mi
- Scobey Airport9S2, 95 mi
- Glasgow Valley County Airport Wokal FieldGGW, 117 mi
- Miles City Airport - Frank Wiley FieldMLS, 119 mi