Temperature
46 F at 4 AM; 50 F at its warmest, 5 AM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 46F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 50F
- 5 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 46F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Taylor County Airport, Wisconsin
Small airport in Taylor County, Wisconsin* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26 expected. * WHERE...Portions of north central and northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, and central, north central, southwest, 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.
45°
48°/36°
Overcast·
Feels like 41°·Light breeze 7 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Taylor County Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 8 degrees warmer: a high of 56° after 48° today.
Now. Taylor County Airport is 45° and overcast at 4 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 47° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 28° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 26°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:15 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:54 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
16Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
45feels41
48%
Today
Oct 16
4836
20%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5626
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6134
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6336
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6537
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6741
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
6847
23%
45°
48°36°
56°26°
61°34°
63°36°
65°37°
67°41°
68°47°
As of 4:00 AM in Taylor County Airport, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at Taylor County Airport
Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Central Waters North (WI), 38 miles off.
16Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-
- Ozone16Good-
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 Taylor County Airport
0.67 in in the last 24 hours, 0.74 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.67in
- Last 3 days
- 0.74in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 91%
Visibility
How far you can see at Taylor County Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MDZ
- ICAO
- KMDZ
- IATA
- MDF
- Field elevation
- 1,478 ft
- Serves
- Medford
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MDZ
- Wind now
- From 320° at 7 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 6,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 89° / 269° | 4 mph head, on 27 | 5 mph from the right |
| 16 / 34 | 4,435 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 156° / 336° | 7 mph head, on 34 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Medford (MDZ), Taylor County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 46 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 78% at 6 AM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 46F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 78 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the northwest at 4 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 2 AM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 2 AM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.94 inHg at 4 AM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.23 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.94inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.06inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.23inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 4 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 4 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 400 ft at 8 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,100ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 8 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.06 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 12 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.06in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 5
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Medford: 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 Taylor County Airport, 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
MedfordMDZ
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,470 ft/8 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Abbotsford - STH 29 3 mi E of AbbotsfrdABBW3
Beside a road/10.8 mi away/1,401 ft/77 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Diamond Lake RAWSDMLW3
A remote fire weather station/18.9 mi away/1,306 ft/172 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Medford 0.3 ESEWI-TY-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/1,466 ft/12 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Owen 1EOWEW3
At a cooperative observer's station/16.2 mi away/1,273 ft/205 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 Taylor County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Stetsonvillevillage, 2 mi
- Medfordcity, 3 mi
- Dorchestervillage, 7 mi
- Whittleseycommunity, 9 mi
- Abbotsfordcity, 11 mi
- Curtissvillage, 12 mi
- Athensvillage, 12 mi
- Colbycity, 13 mi
- Chelseacommunity, 13 mi
- Rib Lakevillage, 16 mi
- Owencity, 16 mi
- Unityvillage, 17 mi
Airports near Taylor County Airport
- Merrill Municipal AirportRRL, 30 mi
- Marshfield Municipal AirportMFI, 33 mi
- Tomahawk Regional AirportTKV, 35 mi
- Wausau Downtown AirportAUW, 35 mi
- Central Wisconsin AirportCWA, 38 mi
- Price County AirportPBH, 42 mi
- Rusk County AirportRCX, 44 mi
- Stevens Point Municipal AirportSTE, 54 mi