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Rhinelander Oneida County Airport, Wisconsin

Medium airport in Oneida County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Rhinelander Oneida County Airport

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Northwoods East (WI), 31 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
  • Ozone21Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Rhinelander Oneida County Airport

0.85 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.85in
Last 3 days
0.85in

Visibility

How far you can see at Rhinelander Oneida County Airport, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
RHI
ICAO
KRHI
IATA
RHI
Field elevation
1,624 ft
Serves
Rhinelander
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
RHI
Wind now
From 340° at 8 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:44

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
09 / 276,800 ft150 ftConcrete88° / 268°2 mph head, on 278 mph from the right
15 / 335,201 ft100 ftAsphalt148° / 328°8 mph head, on 332 mph from the right
092715332,500 ftN340° 8 mph
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 Rhinelander (RHI), Rhinelander Oneida County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

44 F at 3 AM; 48 F at its warmest, 4 AM Thursday, and 44 F at its coolest, 3 AM.

Now
44F
3 AM
Highest
48F
4 AM Thursday
Lowest
44F
3 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Rhinelander, temperature from 44.0 to 48.0, the latest 44.0; dew point from 43.0 to 46.7, the latest 43.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF424446486 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 43 F, the air 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 86% at 4 AM Thursday to 100% at 9 PM Thursday.

Dew point now
43F
3 AM
Humidity now
96%
Humidity, range
86 to 100%
Relative humidity at Rhinelander, relative humidity from 86 to 100, the latest 96, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%8590951006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Wind

7 mph at 3 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 8 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.

Now
7mph
Strongest
11mph
8 AM Thursday
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Rhinelander, wind from 1 to 11, the latest 7, in miles an hour.WINDmph02.557.51012.56 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
Wind direction at Rhinelander, wind direction from 20 to 340, the latest 320, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703606 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Pressure

29.88 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.34 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.88inHg
3 AM
3 hours
+0.04inHg
rising
24 hours
-0.34inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Rhinelander, pressure, altimeter from 29.84 to 30.22, the latest 29.88, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.8029.9030.0030.1030.2030.306 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Visibility

Down to 3 miles at 2 PM Thursday; 7 miles now.

Now
7mi
Lowest
3mi
2 PM Thursday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Rhinelander, visibility from 2.5 to 10.0, the latest 7.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 8 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.

Lowest base now
800ft
Lowest in 24 hours
400ft
8 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
23
Lowest cloud base at Rhinelander, lowest cloud base from 400 to 3,000, the latest 800, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft01,0002,0003,0006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMLIFRIFRMVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

0.90 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.15 in, in the hour to 2 PM Thursday.

Last 24 hours
0.90in
Wettest hour
0.15in
2 PM Thursday
Hours with some
17
Precipitation at Rhinelander, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.15, the latest 0.01, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.050.100.156 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Rhinelander: 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 Rhinelander Oneida County 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 now3 instruments

RhinelanderRHI

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,591 ft/33 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Tomahawk - USH 8 @ USH 51WI058

Beside a road/11.6 mi away/1,501 ft/123 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

WoodruffWUFW3

At a river or reservoir gauge/20.0 mi away/1,627 ft/3 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Rhinelander 1.8 SWWI-ON-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/1,566 ft/58 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Wisconsin River AT Rhinelander (RHIW3), 2.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:30. measured daily

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