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Bancroft, Wisconsin

Community in Portage County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Bancroft

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Central Waters North (WI), 29 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bancroft

1.30 in in the last 24 hours, 1.40 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.30in
Last 3 days
1.40in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bancroft, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Bancroft, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Almond-5 NEAMDW3

At a cooperative observer's station/8.2 mi away/1,175 ft/84 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Almond 6.5 NNEWI-PT-21

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.9 mi away/1,191 ft/100 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Wisconsin Rapids, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.4 mi from Bancroft, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 6,000 ft, overcast at 7,500 ft; the ceiling is 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Wisconsin Rapids, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 7,500 feet, the ceiling at 6,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ISWFIG. A THE SKY OVER WISCONSIN RAPIDSSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 7,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 6,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWisconsin Rapids, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ISWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ISW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

47.0 F with a dew point of 44.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Wisconsin Rapids: temperature 47.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ISWFIG. B THE AIR AT WISCONSIN RAPIDSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.3 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE 47.0 FDEW POINT 44.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLEWisconsin Rapids, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ISWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ISW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Wisconsin Rapids, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 9 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 ISWFIG. C THE WIND AT WISCONSIN RAPIDSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWisconsin Rapids, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ISWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ISW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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