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Richfield, Wisconsin

Village in Washington County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Richfield

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Milwaukee-Ozaukee (WI), 14 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good14.5 mi
  • Ozone15Good14 ppb14.5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)3Good14.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Richfield

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 Richfield, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Richfield, WisconsinReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Richfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Jackson - USH 45 @ STH 60JAKW3

Beside a road/7.0 mi away/896 ft/252 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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Pewaukee WWTPPWKW3

At a water treatment plant/12.0 mi away/912 ft/236 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Hubertus 0.1 SSEWI-WS-49

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/1,066 ft/82 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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RichrieldRCHW3

At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/1,073 ft/75 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank203of 1,313

Station report

The weather at Waukesha Cnty, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.1 mi from Richfield, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 800 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 2 mi.

Section of the sky over Waukesha Cnty, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 800 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 2 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UESFIG. A THE SKY OVER WAUKESHA CNTYSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 2 MI0510TITLEWaukesha Cnty, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS UESTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UES-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Waukesha Cnty: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UESFIG. B THE AIR AT WAUKESHA CNTYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 50.0 F, 50.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEWaukesha Cnty, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS UESTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UES-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 30 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Waukesha Cnty, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 20 miles an hour, gusting 30; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UESFIG. C THE WIND AT WAUKESHA CNTYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 30 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWaukesha Cnty, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS UESTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UES-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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Near Richfield

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