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Richmond, Vermont

Community in Chittenden County, Vermont

Air quality

The air at Richmond

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Burlington (VT), 11 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone25Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Richmond

None in the last 24 hours; 2.45 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
2.45in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Richmond, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Williston VTVT002

Beside a road/3.8 mi away/499 ft/178 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank220of 354

Mount MansfieldS2041

At a soil climate station/11.9 mi away/2,236 ft/1,915 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank282of 354

measured daily2 instruments

NashvilleNVLV1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.5 mi away/771 ft/450 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank352of 354

Station report

The weather at Burlington INTL, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.8 mi from Richmond, Vermont. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 3,500 ft, overcast at 4,800 ft; the ceiling is 4,800 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Burlington INTL, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, the ceiling at 4,800 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BTVFIG. A THE SKY OVER BURLINGTON INTLSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 3,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEBurlington INTL, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BTVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BTV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.0 F with a dew point of 43.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Burlington INTL: temperature 46.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BTVFIG. B THE AIR AT BURLINGTON INTLTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 3,500 FTTEMPERATURE 46.0 FDEW POINT 43.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLEBurlington INTL, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BTVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BTV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Burlington INTL, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BTVFIG. C THE WIND AT BURLINGTON INTLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBurlington INTL, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BTVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BTV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Nashville (NVLV1), 4.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Vermont

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

Near Richmond

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

Near Richmond

River and lake gauges