In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/1,142 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Buffalo Bay Beach, Wisconsin
Beach in Bayfield County, Wisconsin46°
50°/38°
Light rain·
Feels like 44°·Light breeze 5 mph NNW
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 12 AM (69%).
Now. Buffalo Bay Beach is 46° and light rain at 12 AM. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 48° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. Rain is possible Thursday (34%). Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:14 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:48 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 53 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
15Air quality
96%Humidity
78%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
46feels44
69%
Today
Oct 16
5038
62%
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5636
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
6041
18mph
Mon
Oct 19
5742
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
5841
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6445
11%
Thu
Oct 22
6249
34%
46°
50°38°
56°36°
60°41°
57°42°
58°41°
64°45°
62°49°
As of 12:00 AM in Buffalo Bay Beach, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at Buffalo Bay Beach
Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Northwoods West (WI), 69 miles off.
15Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good16.8 mi
- Ozone15Good17 ppb16.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Buffalo Bay Beach
0.56 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.56in
- Last 3 days
- 0.56in
Visibility
How far you can see at Buffalo Bay Beach, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ESE 116°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 45006, 57.4 mi away.
Waves at buoy 45006, West Superior
- Wave height
- 1.6 ft
- Period
- 3 s
- From
- NNE (31°)
- Swell
- 0.0 ft at 8 s from SSW
- Wind waves
- 2.0 ft at 4 s from NNE
- Water
- 51 °F
- Read
- Thu 11:20 PM
- Distance
- 57.4 mi
Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 11:20 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | NNE (31°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | NE (39°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 4 s | SE (135°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 4 s | SE (136°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | SE (132°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (105°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (134°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | SE (143°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SE (145°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (128°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (136°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (136°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (147°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (133°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
Beach
- County
- Bayfield County
- State
- Wisconsin
- Latitude
- 46.8543° N
- Longitude
- 90.7870° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Buffalo Bay Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
La Pointe4R5
At an airfield/4.7 mi away/624 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.5 mi away/612 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/30.3 mi away/1,091 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Bayfield 3.0 NNEWI-BY-63
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/676 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/5.9 mi away/614 ft/- ft from 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 Bayfield Fish Hatchery (BFHW3), 5.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
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