Temperature
48 F at 4 AM; 53 F at its warmest, 8 AM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 48F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 53F
- 8 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 46F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Menomonie Municipal Score Field, Wisconsin
Small airport in Dunn 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.
47°
52°/42°
Overcast·
Feels like 42°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Menomonie Municipal Score Field until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this morning, from about 5 AM, the chance peaking at 72% around 6 AM.
Now. Menomonie Municipal Score Field is 47° and overcast at 4 AM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 3 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 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:21 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:02 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
26Air quality
97%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
47feels42
47%
Today
Oct 16
5242
17%
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
5932
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6541
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6742
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6943
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7247
12%
Thu
Oct 22
7353
19%
47°
52°42°
59°32°
65°41°
67°42°
69°43°
72°47°
73°53°
As of 4:00 AM in Menomonie Municipal Score Field, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at Menomonie Municipal Score Field
Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Chippewa Valley and Eastern Twin Cities (WI), 2 miles off.
26Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
- Ozone13Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Menomonie Municipal Score Field
0.93 in in the last 24 hours, 1.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.93in
- Last 3 days
- 1.00in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 93%
Visibility
How far you can see at Menomonie Municipal Score Field, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LUM
- ICAO
- KLUM
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 895 ft
- Serves
- Menomonie
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- LUM
- Wind now
- From 300° at 12 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 5,074 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | 10 mph head, on 27 | 6 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 3,470 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 183° / 3° | 5 mph head, on 36 | 11 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Menomonie WI (LUM), Menomonie Municipal Score Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 47 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 86% at 6 AM Thursday to 100% at 11 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 47F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 86 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
11 mph from the west northwest at 4 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 1 AM, with a gust of 23 mph at 1 AM.
- Now
- 11mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 1 AM
- Highest gust
- 23mph
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.02 inHg at 4 AM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.11 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.02inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.11inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 5 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 5 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 300 ft at 2 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 900ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 2 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.93 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.16 in, in the hour to 12 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.93in
- Wettest hour
- 0.16in
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 13
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Menomonie WI: 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 Menomonie Municipal Score Field, 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
Menomonie WILUM
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/896 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
EAU GALLE RIVER AT Spring ValleySVPW3
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.3 mi away/928 ft/33 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Eau Claire - I-94 @ USH 53ECRW3
Beside a road/23.4 mi away/881 ft/14 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Menomonie 0.9 SSEWI-DN-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/900 ft/5 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/3.2 mi away/824 ft/71 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Wisconsin
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Menomonie Municipal Score Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Menomoniecity, 3 mi
- Tainter Lakecommunity, 6 mi
- Downsvillecommunity, 9 mi
- Elk Moundvillage, 9 mi
- Colfaxvillage, 10 mi
- Wheelervillage, 11 mi
- Knappvillage, 11 mi
- Boycevillevillage, 13 mi
- Rock Fallscommunity, 15 mi
- Wilsonvillage, 15 mi
- Elmwoodvillage, 16 mi
- Downingvillage, 17 mi
Airports near Menomonie Municipal Score Field
- Chippewa Valley Regional AirportEAU, 19 mi
- Chetek Municipal Southworth AirportY23, 31 mi
- Rice Lake Regional Airport - Carl's FieldRPD, 37 mi
- New Richmond Regional AirportRNH, 37 mi
- Cumberland Municipal AirportUBE, 43 mi
- L O Simenstad Municipal AirportOEO, 49 mi
- Rusk County AirportRCX, 59 mi
- Black River Falls Area AirportBCK, 67 mi