Airports/Utah/Richfield Municipal Airport

Richfield Municipal Airport, Utah

Small airport in Sevier County, Utah

51° 71°/31°

Clear· Feels like 51°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NNE

Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Richfield Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.

Now. Richfield Municipal Airport is 51° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northeast at 11 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 34° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 72°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 64°. Rain is likely Tuesday (57%). Rain is possible Wednesday (49%). Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.

The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

-Air quality

87%Humidity

0%Cloud

Now

10:00 PM

51feels51

Today

Oct 15

7131

14mph

UV 6

Fri

Oct 16

7033

UV 6

Sat

Oct 17

7237

UV 6

Sun

Oct 18

6941

Mon

Oct 19

6942

13%

Tue

Oct 20

6544

57%

Wed

Oct 21

6442

49%

51°

71°31°

70°33°

72°37°

69°41°

69°42°

65°44°

64°42°

As of 10:00 PM in Richfield Municipal Airport, Utah.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Richfield Municipal Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.02in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%

Visibility

How far you can see at Richfield Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

Airfield

Code: RIF
ICAO: KRIF
IATA: RIF
Field elevation: 5,301 ft
Serves: Richfield
Kind: Small airport
Scheduled service: No
Its own instrument: RIF
Wind now: From 360° at 13 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:15

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Heading, true	Wind along it now	Crosswind now
01 / 19	7,100 ft	100 ft	Asphalt	25° / 205°	12 mph head, on 01	5 mph from the left

Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Richfield (RIF), Richfield Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

52 F at 9 PM; 63 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 30 F at its coolest, 7 AM.

Now: 52F; 9 PM
Highest: 63F; 4 PM
Lowest: 30F; 7 AM

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 32 F, the air 47% saturated; the humidity ran from 41% at 5 PM to 100% at 6 AM.

Dew point now: 32F; 9 PM
Humidity now: 47%
Humidity, range: 41 to 100%

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

8 mph from the north at 9 PM; at its strongest 15 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 23 mph at 3 PM.

Now: 8mph; from the north
Strongest: 15mph; 3 PM
Highest gust: 23mph; 3 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.55 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.24 inHg higher than a day before.

Now: 30.55inHg; 9 PM
3 hours: +0.07inHg; rising
24 hours: +0.24inHg

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 7 miles at 5 PM; 10 miles or more now.

Now: 10+mi
Lowest: 7mi; 5 PM
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 4,600 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 5 of the hours.

Lowest base now: -
Lowest in 24 hours: 4,600ft; 5 AM
Hours with a base reported: 5

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

Richfield: 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 Richfield Municipal 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

RichfieldRIF

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/5,285 ft/16 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

I-70 at RichfieldUTRCH

Beside a road/2.7 mi away/5,417 ft/116 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Signal PeakSIGU1

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.6 mi away/7,126 ft/1,825 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

HoldenS2127

At a soil climate station/35.5 mi away/4,745 ft/556 ft below here