Temperature
56 F at 8 PM; 75 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 39 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 56F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 75F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 39F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Washington/Richland Airport
Richland Airport, Washington
Small airport in Benton County, Washington51°
74°/42°
Clear·
Feels like 51°·Light air 3 mph NNW
Now. Richland Airport is 51° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north-northwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 40° 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 Saturday, near 71°, and the coolest Monday, near 63°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 27% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 58 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
39Air quality
67%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
51feels51
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
7442
clear day
Fri
Oct 16
6840
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 17
7144
partly cloudy day
Sun
Oct 18
6439
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6341
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
6341
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6339
mostly clear day
51°
74°42°
68°40°
71°44°
64°39°
63°41°
63°41°
63°39°
As of 11:00 PM in Richland Airport, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Richland Airport
Index 39, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Kennewick (WA), 8 miles off.
39Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)39Good7.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)27Good7.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 36, good.
GoodModerate
- 36YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Richland Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Richland Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RLD
- ICAO
- KRLD
- IATA
- RLD
- Field elevation
- 394 ft
- Serves
- Richland
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- RLD
- Wind now
- From 300° at 5 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 4,009 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 23° / 203° | 1 mph head, on 01 | 5 mph from the left |
| 08 / 26 | 4,001 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 96° / 276° | 5 mph head, on 26 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Richland (RLD), Richland Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 42 F, the air 59% saturated; the humidity ran from 30% at 3 PM to 100% at 6 AM.
- Dew point now
- 42F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 59%
- Humidity, range
- 30 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
6 mph from the north northwest at 8 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 4 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 6mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.41 inHg at 8 PM, steady over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
- Now
- 30.41inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.00inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 2 PM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 2 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 200 ft at 9 AM; a base was reported in 1 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 9 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 1
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
Richland: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Richland Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
RichlandRLD
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/380 ft/14 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Twin BridgesTTWIN
Beside a road/1.5 mi away/423 ft/29 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Juniper Dunes RAWSJUFW1
A remote fire weather station/20.7 mi away/827 ft/433 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Richland 0.8 SWWA-BT-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/400 ft/6 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
RichlandRCHW1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.0 mi away/364 ft/30 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 Washington
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Richland Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Richlandcity, 3 mi
- West Richlandcity, 3 mi
- Pascocity, 8 mi
- West Pascocommunity, 8 mi
- Benton Citycity, 9 mi
- Kennewickcity, 10 mi
- Finleycommunity, 15 mi
- Burbankcommunity, 16 mi
- Basin Citycommunity, 20 mi
- Prossercity, 23 mi
- Mesacity, 24 mi
- Wallulacommunity, 24 mi
Airports near Richland Airport
- Tri Cities AirportPSC, 9 mi
- Sunnyside Municipal Airport1S5, 32 mi
- Walla Walla Regional AirportALW, 51 mi
- Yakima Air Terminal McAllister FieldYKM, 62 mi
- Grant County International AirportMWH, 62 mi
- Ephrata Municipal AirportEPH, 70 mi
- Bowers FieldELN, 77 mi
- Pangborn Memorial AirportEAT, 87 mi