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Richford, Vermont

Community in Franklin County, Vermont

Air quality

The air at Richford

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Burlington (VT), 45 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone15Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 16, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Richford

None in the last 24 hours; 1.35 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.35in

Visibility

How far you can see at Richford, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Richford, VermontReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Richford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

HighgateFSO

At an airfield/21.3 mi away/228 ft/238 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank286of 354

Mount MansfieldS2041

At a soil climate station/32.8 mi away/2,236 ft/1,770 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank282of 354

measured daily2 instruments

East Berkshire 1.7 NNEVT-FR-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/497 ft/31 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Highgate, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.3 mi from Richford, Vermont. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Highgate, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FSOFIG. A THE SKY OVER HIGHGATESECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHighgate, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FSOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FSO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

44.0 F with a dew point of 36.7 F, 75 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Highgate: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.7, 75 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FSOFIG. B THE AIR AT HIGHGATETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.1 FTEMPERATURE 44.0 FDEW POINT 36.7 FSPREAD 7.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 75 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEHighgate, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FSOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FSO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (100 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Highgate, north up: blowing from 100 degrees, the east, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FSOFIG. C THE WIND AT HIGHGATEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 100°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHighgate, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FSOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FSO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Highgate, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Enosburg Falls 2 (ENFV1), 9.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 04:35. measured daily

Elsewhere in Vermont

24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Richford

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Richford

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