Citizen station FW1168FW1168
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/891 ft/6 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Altoona, Wisconsin
City in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, southeast, and southwest Minnesota and northwest and west central 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.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
46°
51°/38°
Overcast·
Feels like 42°·Light breeze 8 mph WNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Altoona until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 4 AM, the chance peaking at 68% around 5 AM.
Now. Altoona is 46° and overcast at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the west-northwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 48° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 28°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:20 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:01 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
19Air quality
96%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
46feels42
22%
Today
Oct 16
5138
93%
19mph
Sat
Oct 17
5828
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6537
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6539
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6939
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7145
12%
Thu
Oct 22
7151
23%
46°
51°38°
58°28°
65°37°
65°39°
69°39°
71°45°
71°51°
As of 1:00 AM in Altoona, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at Altoona
Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Chippewa Valley and Eastern Twin Cities (WI), 20 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good3 mi
- Ozone13Good14 ppb3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 16, good.
GoodModerate
- 16YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Altoona
1.20 in in the last 24 hours, 1.25 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.20in
- Last 3 days
- 1.25in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 96%
Visibility
How far you can see at Altoona, the next 43 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Altoona, WisconsinReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Altoona, 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
Rank1,137of 1,313
Eau Claire - I-94 @ USH 53ECRW3
Beside a road/2.6 mi away/881 ft/16 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Eau ClaireEAU
At an airfield/4.8 mi away/886 ft/11 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Augusta Fire WeatherAFWW3
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.7 mi away/961 ft/64 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Altoona 0.4 SWWI-EC-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/896 ft/1 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Eau Claire 3SWELRW3
At a cooperative observer's station/3.9 mi away/863 ft/34 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Eau Claire, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 4.8 mi from Altoona, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
Overcast at 800 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 6 mi.
The air
47.0 F with a dew point of 45.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.
The wind
From the west (280 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.
The full report of Eau Claire, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Eau Claire 3SW (ELRW3), 3.9 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:58. measured daily
Elsewhere in Wisconsin
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Altoona
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Seymourcommunity, 2 mi
- Eau Clairecity, 3 mi
- Lake Hallievillage, 7 mi
- Fall Creekvillage, 9 mi
- Chippewa Fallscity, 9 mi
- Lake Wissotacommunity, 10 mi
- Elk Moundvillage, 13 mi
- Rock Fallscommunity, 14 mi
- Elevavillage, 16 mi
- Cadottvillage, 17 mi
- Strumvillage, 18 mi
- Augustacity, 18 mi