Temperature
45 F at 3 AM; 49 F at its warmest, 8 AM Thursday, and 43 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 45F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 49F
- 8 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 43F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
New Richmond Regional Airport, Wisconsin
Medium airport in St. Croix County, Wisconsin* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, southeast, and southwest Minnesota and northwest and west central Wisconsin. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
44°
52°/39°
Rain·
Feels like 39°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for New Richmond Regional Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 4 AM (70%).
Now. New Richmond Regional Airport is 44° and rain at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 51° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:24 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:04 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 58 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
97%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
44feels39
48%
Today
Oct 16
5239
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
5931
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6539
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6641
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6941
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7147
13%
Thu
Oct 22
7252
18%
44°
52°39°
59°31°
65°39°
66°41°
69°41°
71°47°
72°52°
As of 3:00 AM in New Richmond Regional Airport, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at New Richmond Regional Airport
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Twin Cities (MN), 34 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
- Ozone10Good14 ppb11 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.
GoodModerate
- 36YesterdayOct 15
- 28TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at New Richmond Regional Airport
0.83 in in the last 24 hours, 0.85 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.83in
- Last 3 days
- 0.85in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 98%
Visibility
How far you can see at New Richmond Regional Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RNH
- ICAO
- KRNH
- IATA
- RNH
- Field elevation
- 998 ft
- Serves
- New Richmond
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- RNH
- Wind now
- From 320° at 12 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 unlit | 2,006 ft | 75 ft | Grass | 45° / 225° | 1 mph head, on 04 | 12 mph from the left |
| 14 / 32 | 5,507 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 143° / 323° | 12 mph head, on 32 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from New Richmond Mun (RNH), New Richmond Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 44 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 82% at 4 AM Thursday to 99% at 8 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 44F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 82 to 99%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
12 mph from the northwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 9 PM Thursday, with a gust of 21 mph at 9 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 12mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 9 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 21mph
- 9 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.03 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.12 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.03inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.12inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 1 PM Thursday; 7 miles now.
- Now
- 7mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 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 400 ft at 12 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 900ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.81 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.11 in, in the hour to 2 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.81in
- Wettest hour
- 0.11in
- 2 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 15
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
New Richmond Mun: 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 New Richmond Regional 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/997 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Star Prairie RAWSSRPW3
A remote fire weather station/6.1 mi away/947 ft/51 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
River Falls - STH 35 @ Glover Ln.WI042
Beside a road/17.3 mi away/896 ft/102 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
New Richmond 0.7 NNEWI-SC-72
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/987 ft/11 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
RobertsROBW3
At a cooperative observer's station/12.3 mi away/961 ft/37 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Roberts (ROBW3), 12.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Wisconsin
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near New Richmond Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- New Richmondcity, 2 mi
- Star Prairievillage, 3 mi
- Somersetvillage, 7 mi
- Deer Parkvillage, 8 mi
- Robertsvillage, 11 mi
- Hammondvillage, 13 mi
- Houltoncommunity, 13 mi
- Osceolavillage, 14 mi
- Amerycity, 14 mi
- Emeraldcommunity, 14 mi
- North Hudsonvillage, 15 mi
- Clear Lakevillage, 15 mi
Airports near New Richmond Regional Airport
- L O Simenstad Municipal AirportOEO, 13 mi
- Cumberland Municipal AirportUBE, 37 mi
- Menomonie Municipal Score FieldLUM, 37 mi
- Rice Lake Regional Airport - Carl's FieldRPD, 42 mi
- Chetek Municipal Southworth AirportY23, 45 mi
- Burnett County AirportRZN, 47 mi
- Chippewa Valley Regional AirportEAU, 55 mi
- Rusk County AirportRCX, 78 mi