Temperature
49 F at 2 AM; 54 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 49 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 49F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 54F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 49F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Baraboo Wisconsin Dells Regional Airport, Wisconsin
Small airport in Sauk County, Wisconsin* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 expected. * WHERE...Portions of east central, south central, and southeast 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.
48°
52°/41°
Overcast·
Feels like 42°·Gentle breeze 13 mph WNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Baraboo Wisconsin Dells Regional Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Baraboo Wisconsin Dells Regional Airport is 48° and overcast at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 30° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 28°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:14 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10 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 11 hours 1 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
89%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
48feels42
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5241
35%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5628
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
6337
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6540
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6839
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7043
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7049
20%
48°
52°41°
56°28°
63°37°
65°40°
68°39°
70°43°
70°49°
As of 3:00 AM in Baraboo Wisconsin Dells Regional Airport, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at Baraboo Wisconsin Dells Regional Airport
Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Central Waters South (WI), 19 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
- Ozone17Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)4Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 15, good.
GoodModerate
- 15YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Baraboo Wisconsin Dells Regional Airport
0.84 in in the last 24 hours, 0.98 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.84in
- Last 3 days
- 0.98in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 86%
Visibility
How far you can see at Baraboo Wisconsin Dells Regional Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- DLL
- ICAO
- KDLL
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 979 ft
- Serves
- Baraboo
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- DLL
- Wind now
- From 290° at 13 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 5,010 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 9° / 189° | 2 mph head, on 01 | 13 mph from the left |
| 14 / 32 unlit | 2,725 ft | 100 ft | Grass | 135° / 315° | 12 mph head, on 32 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Dells/Baraboo (DLL), Baraboo Wisconsin Dells Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 45 F, the air 87% saturated; the humidity ran from 79% at 4 AM Thursday to 99% at 7 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 45F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 87%
- Humidity, range
- 79 to 99%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the west at 2 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 10 PM Thursday, with a gust of 22 mph at 12 AM.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 10 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 22mph
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.92 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.24 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.92inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.08inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.24inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 7 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 7 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 200 ft at 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 7 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.86 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.27 in, in the hour to 1 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.86in
- Wettest hour
- 0.27in
- 1 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 12
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Dells/Baraboo: 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 Baraboo Wisconsin Dells Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/978 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Montello - I-39 @ STH 23 EastWI056
Beside a road/23.4 mi away/851 ft/128 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
PardeevillePEEW3
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.6 mi away/820 ft/159 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Baraboo 5.5 NWI-SK-31
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/973 ft/6 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Baraboo 1SEBAAW3
At a cooperative observer's station/5.0 mi away/819 ft/160 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 Baraboo 1SE (BAAW3), 5.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Wisconsin
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Baraboo Wisconsin Dells Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- West Baraboovillage, 3 mi
- Baraboocity, 4 mi
- Lake Deltonvillage, 5 mi
- North Freedomvillage, 6 mi
- Wisconsin Dellscity, 7 mi
- Rock Springsvillage, 8 mi
- Devils Headski area, 10 mi
- Bluffviewcommunity, 11 mi
- Reedsburgcity, 12 mi
- Merrimacvillage, 13 mi
- Cascade Mountainski area, 13 mi
- Briggsvillecommunity, 13 mi
Airports near Baraboo Wisconsin Dells Regional Airport
- Reedsburg Municipal AirportC35, 11 mi
- Mauston New Lisbon Union Airport82C, 29 mi
- Tri-County Regional AirportLNR, 30 mi
- Middleton Municipal Morey FieldC29, 31 mi
- Dane County Regional Truax FieldMSN, 34 mi
- Volk FieldVOK, 38 mi
- Wautoma Municipal AirportY50, 43 mi
- Iowa County AirportMRJ, 50 mi