Temperature
46 F at 5 AM; 51 F at its warmest, 6 AM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 46F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 51F
- 6 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 46F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Marshfield Municipal Airport, Wisconsin
Small airport in Wood County, Wisconsin* WHAT...Freezing or sub-freezing temperatures from 26 to 32 expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, and northeast 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. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The warmest low temperatures will be from Appleton and Oshkosh east to the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
45°
49°/40°
Light rain·
Feels like 40°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Marshfield Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Marshfield Municipal Airport is 45° and light rain at 5 AM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 48° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 29° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 69°, 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 6:15 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:56 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 59 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
93%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
45feels40
38%
Today
Oct 16
4940
15%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
5628
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6237
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
6439
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6640
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6843
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
6949
21%
45°
49°40°
56°28°
62°37°
64°39°
66°40°
68°43°
69°49°
As of 5:00 AM in Marshfield Municipal Airport, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at Marshfield Municipal Airport
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Central Waters North (WI), 17 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-
- Ozone18Good-
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 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Marshfield Municipal Airport
1.15 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.15in
- Last 3 days
- 1.15in
Visibility
How far you can see at Marshfield Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MFI
- ICAO
- KMFI
- IATA
- MFI
- Field elevation
- 1,277 ft
- Serves
- Marshfield
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MFI
- Wind now
- From 310° at 10 mph, read 16 Oct, 05:14
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 3,600 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 47° / 227° | 1 mph head, on 22 | 10 mph from the right |
| 16 / 34 | 5,003 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 159° / 339° | 9 mph head, on 34 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Marshfield (MFI), Marshfield Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 44 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 77% at 6 AM Thursday to 99% at 8 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 44F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 93%
- Humidity, range
- 77 to 99%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
11 mph from the northwest at 5 AM; at its strongest 15 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 26 mph at 12 AM.
- Now
- 11mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 15mph
- 12 AM
- Highest gust
- 26mph
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.97 inHg at 5 AM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.19 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.97inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.06inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.19inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 7 PM Thursday; 9 miles now.
- Now
- 9mi
- 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 400 ft at 6 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,200ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 6 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
1.11 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.16 in, in the hour to 3 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.11in
- Wettest hour
- 0.16in
- 3 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 20
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Marshfield: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Marshfield Municipal 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 now4 instruments
MarshfieldMFI
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,253 ft/24 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Pittsville - STH 13 @ STH 80PIVW3
Beside a road/13.0 mi away/1,041 ft/236 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mosinee 2SEMNEW3
At a river or reservoir gauge/26.8 mi away/1,237 ft/40 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Necedah 5 WNW54903
At a climate reference station/39.9 mi away/933 ft/344 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Marshfield 0.4 SSWWI-WD-40
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/1,257 ft/20 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Marshfield Exp FarmMFDW3
On a farm or research station/2.8 mi away/1,243 ft/34 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 Marshfield Exp Farm (MFDW3), 2.8 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:20. measured daily
Elsewhere in Wisconsin
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Marshfield Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Marshfieldcity, 2 mi
- Hewittvillage, 4 mi
- Chilicommunity, 8 mi
- Auburndalevillage, 9 mi
- Spencervillage, 10 mi
- Arpinvillage, 10 mi
- Stratfordvillage, 13 mi
- Grantonvillage, 14 mi
- Pittsvillecity, 14 mi
- Vespervillage, 15 mi
- Unityvillage, 16 mi
- Loyalcity, 17 mi
Airports near Marshfield Municipal Airport
- Alexander Field South Wood County AirportISW, 26 mi
- Central Wisconsin AirportCWA, 27 mi
- Taylor County AirportMDZ, 33 mi
- Stevens Point Municipal AirportSTE, 33 mi
- Wausau Downtown AirportAUW, 34 mi
- Black River Falls Area AirportBCK, 42 mi
- Merrill Municipal AirportRRL, 45 mi
- Volk FieldVOK, 48 mi