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Amherst, Wisconsin

Village in Portage County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Amherst

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Central Waters North (WI), 31 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-
  • Ozone15Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Amherst

1.20 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
1.20in
Last 3 days
1.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at Amherst, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Thu 11 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Amherst, WisconsinReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Amherst, 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

Wautoma 1 SWWUTW3

At a river or reservoir gauge/27.0 mi away/863 ft/184 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank459of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Amherst 0.3 WNWWI-PT-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/1,083 ft/36 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Amherst-3 SEAMHW3

At a cooperative observer's station/2.8 mi away/1,043 ft/4 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,037of 1,313

Station report

The weather at Stevens Point, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.8 mi from Amherst, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 600 ft, overcast at 3,200 ft; the ceiling is 600 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Stevens Point, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 600 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,200 feet, the ceiling at 600 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT STEFIG. A THE SKY OVER STEVENS POINTSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEStevens Point, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS STETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-STE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.0 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 600 ft.

Chart of the air at Stevens Point: temperature 51.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT STEFIG. B THE AIR AT STEVENS POINTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 51.0 F, 50.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEStevens Point, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS STETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-STE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Stevens Point, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT STEFIG. C THE WIND AT STEVENS POINTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEStevens Point, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS STETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-STE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Stevens Point, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Amherst-3 SE (AMHW3), 2.8 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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Near Amherst

River and lake gauges