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At a river or reservoir gauge/1.6 mi away/855 ft/12 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Governor Nelson State Park, Wisconsin
State Park in Dane County, Wisconsin* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 possible. * WHERE...Portions of east central, south central, and southeast 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.
55°
60°/47°
Overcast·
Feels like 55°·Gentle breeze 10 mph WNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Governor Nelson State Park until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Governor Nelson State Park is 55° and overcast at 9 PM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 10 mph, gusting to 21 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 45° by 6 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is possible tomorrow (40%). The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 30°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
11Air quality
97%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
55feels55
24%
Today
Oct 15
6047
100%
14mph
Fri
Oct 16
5542
40%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5730
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6338
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6640
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6941
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7144
overcast
55°
60°47°
55°42°
57°30°
63°38°
66°40°
69°41°
71°44°
As of 9:00 PM in Governor Nelson State Park, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at Governor Nelson State Park
Index 11, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Madison Area (WI), 5 miles off.
11Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good5 mi
- Ozone6Good7 ppb5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)3Good23.7 mi
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 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Governor Nelson State Park
0.59 in in the last 24 hours, 0.76 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.59in
- Last 3 days
- 0.76in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 78%
Visibility
How far you can see at Governor Nelson State Park, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Thu 9 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 0.64 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 867 ft
- County
- Dane County
- State
- Wisconsin
- Latitude
- 43.1375° N
- Longitude
- 89.4418° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Governor Nelson State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
MiddletonC29
At an airfield/4.8 mi away/925 ft/58 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW1627GW1627
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.5 mi away/1,067 ft/200 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beside a road/17.2 mi away/912 ft/45 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Waunakee 3.9 SSWWI-DA-114
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/929 ft/62 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MadisonCHMW3
At a cooperative observer's station/5.6 mi away/1,056 ft/189 ft above 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 Madison (CHMW3), 5.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:25. measured daily
Elsewhere in Wisconsin
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Governor Nelson State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- Middletoncity, 4 mi
- Maple Bluffvillage, 4 mi
- Shorewood Hillsvillage, 4 mi
- Madisoncity, 5 mi
- Mononacity, 8 mi
- Windsorvillage, 8 mi
- Danevillage, 8 mi
- Fitchburgcity, 9 mi
- DeForestvillage, 9 mi
- Cross Plainsvillage, 10 mi
- Sun Prairiecity, 11 mi