Temperature
51 F at 12 AM; 54 F at its warmest, 2 AM Thursday, and 51 F at its coolest, 5 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 51F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 54F
- 2 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 51F
- 5 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Stevens Point Municipal Airport, Wisconsin
Small airport in Portage 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.
50°
52°/40°
Overcast·
Feels like 47°·Light breeze 7 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Stevens Point Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Stevens Point Municipal Airport is 50° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 30° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:12 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 59 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
14Air quality
95%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
50feels47
16%
Today
Oct 16
5240
48%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5829
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
6436
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6639
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6838
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7042
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7150
21%
50°
52°40°
58°29°
64°36°
66°39°
68°38°
70°42°
71°50°
As of 1:00 AM in Stevens Point Municipal Airport, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at Stevens Point Municipal Airport
Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Central Waters North (WI), 17 miles off.
14Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)5Good16 mi
- Ozone14Good14 ppb16 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.
GoodModerate
- 19YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Stevens Point Municipal Airport
1.20 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.20in
- Last 3 days
- 1.20in
Visibility
How far you can see at Stevens Point Municipal Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- STE
- ICAO
- KSTE
- IATA
- STE
- Field elevation
- 1,110 ft
- Serves
- Stevens Point
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- STE
- Wind now
- From 310° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 6,028 ft | 120 ft | Asphalt | 29° / 209° | 1 mph head, on 03 | 6 mph from the left |
| 12 / 30 | 3,635 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 120° / 300° | 6 mph head, on 30 | 1 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Stevens Point (STE), Stevens Point Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 50 F, the air 95% saturated; the humidity ran from 71% at 4 AM Thursday to 96% at 5 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 50F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 95%
- Humidity, range
- 71 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the northwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 10 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 10 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.85 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.37 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.85inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.37inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 3 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 3 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 4 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 4 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
1.17 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.22 in, in the hour to 1 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.17in
- Wettest hour
- 0.22in
- 1 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 13
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Stevens Point: 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 Stevens Point 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,109 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Portage Co. USH 10 EB at Wiscons WI US WIDOTWI061
Beside a road/6.9 mi away/1,099 ft/11 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mosinee 2SEMNEW3
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.8 mi away/1,237 ft/127 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Stevens Point 0.2 ESEWI-PT-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/1,098 ft/12 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Stevens PointSTPW3
At a cooperative observer's station/3.6 mi away/1,082 ft/28 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 Stevens Point (STPW3), 3.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:30. measured daily
Elsewhere in Wisconsin
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Stevens Point Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Park Ridgevillage, 2 mi
- Stevens Pointcity, 2 mi
- Whitingvillage, 4 mi
- Plovervillage, 6 mi
- Poloniacommunity, 6 mi
- Nelsonvillevillage, 11 mi
- Amherst Junctionvillage, 12 mi
- Junction Cityvillage, 12 mi
- Rosholtvillage, 12 mi
- Amherstvillage, 14 mi
- Rudolphvillage, 14 mi
- Knowltoncommunity, 14 mi
Airports near Stevens Point Municipal Airport
- Central Wisconsin AirportCWA, 17 mi
- Alexander Field South Wood County AirportISW, 20 mi
- Wausau Downtown AirportAUW, 27 mi
- Waupaca Municipal AirportPCZ, 29 mi
- Marshfield Municipal AirportMFI, 33 mi
- Wautoma Municipal AirportY50, 37 mi
- Clintonville Municipal AirportCLI, 40 mi
- Merrill Municipal AirportRRL, 46 mi