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Appleton, Wisconsin

City in Outagamie County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Appleton

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Green Bay and Fox Cities (WI), 2 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good2.6 mi
  • Ozone17Good18 ppb2.6 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Appleton

1.00 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
1.00in
Last 3 days
1.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Appleton, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Appleton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Menasha - USH 41 @ STH 441MSAW3

Beside a road/4.9 mi away/760 ft/18 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Appleton 0.5 NNWWI-OG-43

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/786 ft/8 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

AppletonAPPW3

At a cooperative observer's station/2.0 mi away/791 ft/13 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank213of 1,313

Station report

The weather at Appleton/Outagam, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.9 mi from Appleton, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 500 ft; the ceiling is 500 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Appleton/Outagam, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 500 feet, the ceiling at 500 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ATWFIG. A THE SKY OVER APPLETON/OUTAGAMSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEAppleton/Outagam, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ATWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ATW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 51.8 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 500 ft.

Chart of the air at Appleton/Outagam: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.8, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ATWFIG. B THE AIR AT APPLETON/OUTAGAMTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 51.8 F, 51.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEAppleton/Outagam, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ATWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ATW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Appleton/Outagam, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 12 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ATWFIG. C THE WIND AT APPLETON/OUTAGAMPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAppleton/Outagam, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ATWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ATW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Appleton/Outagam, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Appleton (APPW3), 2.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 05:30. measured daily

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