Temperature
64 F at 4 AM; 74 F at its warmest, 5 AM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 9 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 64F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 74F
- 5 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 64F
- 9 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Richmond International Airport, Virginia
Large airport in Henrico County, Virginia64°
86°/63°
Overcast·
Feels like 64°·Light breeze 6 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 10 PM, the chance peaking at 67% around 11 PM.
Now. Richmond International Airport is 64° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the south at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 52° by 8 AM, under cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 57): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. Rain is likely tomorrow (98%). Rain is possible Monday (31%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:31 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:32 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
57Air quality
96%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
64feels64
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8663
94%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5751
98%
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
5842
17mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6143
31%
16mph
Tue
Oct 20
6648
18%
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
6751
15%
15mph
Thu
Oct 22
6652
22%
14mph
64°
86°63°
57°51°
58°42°
61°43°
66°48°
67°51°
66°52°
As of 4:00 AM in Richmond International Airport, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Richmond International Airport
Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Richmond (VA), 5 miles off.
57Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate5.4 mi
- Ozone16Good13 ppb5.4 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good5.4 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide5Good5.4 ppb5.4 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb5.4 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm5.4 mi
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 52YesterdayOct 15
- 53TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Richmond International Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 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 Richmond International Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RIC
- ICAO
- KRIC
- IATA
- RIC
- Field elevation
- 167 ft
- Serves
- Richmond
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- RIC
- Wind now
- From 190° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:54
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 6,607 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 13° / 193° | 6 mph head, on 20 | None |
| 16 / 34 | 9,003 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 148° / 328° | 4 mph head, on 16 | 4 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Richmond/Byrd Field (RIC), Richmond International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 63 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 78% at 3 PM Thursday to 97% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 63F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 78 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the south southwest at 4 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 11 AM Thursday, with a gust of 20 mph at 10 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 11 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 20mph
- 10 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.01 inHg at 4 AM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.01inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.06inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.05inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 4 AM; 7 miles now.
- Now
- 7mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 4 AM
- 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 500 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 4 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
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
- 0.00in
- 5 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 3
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Richmond/Byrd Field: 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 International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.5 mi away/177 ft/10 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Prince GeorgePRGV2
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.0 mi away/161 ft/6 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Highland Springs 1.0 SSWVA-HR-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/164 ft/3 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Varina 1NNWVRNV2
At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/162 ft/5 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Richmond International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Sandstoncommunity, 1 mi
- Highland Springscommunity, 3 mi
- Montrosecommunity, 3 mi
- East Highland Parkcommunity, 6 mi
- Richmondcity, 7 mi
- Mechanicsvillecommunity, 8 mi
- Bensleycommunity, 8 mi
- Bellwoodcommunity, 9 mi
- Meadowbrookcommunity, 10 mi
- Chamberlaynecommunity, 11 mi
- Lakesidecommunity, 11 mi
- Enoncommunity, 12 mi
Airports near Richmond International Airport
- New Kent County AirportW96, 11 mi
- Richmond Executive-Chesterfield County AirportFCI, 13 mi
- Hanover County Municipal AirportOFP, 15 mi
- Dinwiddie County AirportPTB, 24 mi
- Middle Peninsula Regional AirportFYJ, 31 mi
- Tappahannock-Essex County AirportXSA, 34 mi
- Williamsburg Jamestown AirportJGG, 38 mi
- Lake Anna Airport7W4, 39 mi