Temperature
46 F at 10 PM; 51 F at its warmest, 9 AM, and 46 F at its coolest, 10 PM.
- Now
- 46F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 51F
- 9 AM
- Lowest
- 46F
- 10 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Rusk County Airport, Wisconsin
Small airport in Rusk County, Wisconsin* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, southeast, southwest, and west central Minnesota and northwest and west central Wisconsin. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * 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.
46°
52°/37°
Light rain·
Feels like 41°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Rusk County Airport until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tonight, from about 11 PM (57%).
Now. Rusk County Airport is 46° and light rain at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 9 mph, gusting to 20 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 39° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 48°. Rain is likely tomorrow (78%). The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 26°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 0 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
13Air quality
98%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
46feels41
57%
Today
Oct 15
5237
100%
Fri
Oct 16
4836
78%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5626
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6334
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
6437
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6736
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6942
overcast
46°
52°37°
48°36°
56°26°
63°34°
64°37°
67°36°
69°42°
As of 11:00 PM in Rusk County Airport, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at Rusk County Airport
Index 13, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Northwoods West (WI), 32 miles off.
13Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
- Ozone13Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Rusk County Airport
0.72 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.72in
- Last 3 days
- 0.72in
Visibility
How far you can see at Rusk County Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RCX
- ICAO
- KRCX
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,238 ft
- Serves
- Ladysmith
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- RCX
- Wind now
- From 310° at 10 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 3,199 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 6° / 186° | 6 mph head, on 01 | 8 mph from the left |
| 14 / 32 | 4,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 140° / 320° | 10 mph head, on 32 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Ladysmith (RCX), Rusk 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 99% saturated; the humidity ran from 76% at 9 AM to 100% at 6 PM.
- Dew point now
- 46F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 99%
- Humidity, range
- 76 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 10 PM, with a gust of 16 mph at 10 PM.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 10 PM
- Highest gust
- 16mph
- 10 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.91 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.31 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.91inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.31inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 12 PM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 12 PM
- 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 5 PM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 5 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.78 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.14 in, in the hour to 12 PM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.78in
- Wettest hour
- 0.14in
- 12 PM
- Hours with some
- 12
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Ladysmith: 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 Rusk 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
LadysmithRCX
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,238 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
LadysmithLDYW3
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.1 mi away/1,155 ft/83 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/34.6 mi away/1,051 ft/187 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
FLAMBEAU RIVER AT Big Falls HydroBGFW3
At a cooperative observer's station/4.5 mi away/1,227 ft/11 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Ladysmith 1.4 NNWWI-RS-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.0 mi away/1,156 ft/82 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Rusk County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Rusk County Airport
- Price County AirportPBH, 32 mi
- Chetek Municipal Southworth AirportY23, 34 mi
- Rice Lake Regional Airport - Carl's FieldRPD, 38 mi
- Sawyer County AirportHYR, 42 mi
- Taylor County AirportMDZ, 44 mi
- Cumberland Municipal AirportUBE, 47 mi
- Chippewa Valley Regional AirportEAU, 50 mi
- Tomahawk Regional AirportTKV, 58 mi