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Baraboo, Wisconsin

City in Sauk County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Baraboo

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Central Waters South (WI), 21 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good3.8 mi
  • Ozone17Good21 ppb3.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)4Good3.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 8, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Baraboo

0.95 in in the last 24 hours, 1.25 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.95in
Last 3 days
1.25in

Visibility

How far you can see at Baraboo, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 12 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Baraboo, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Baraboo 1.0 NEWI-SK-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/892 ft/7 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Baraboo 1SEBAAW3

At a cooperative observer's station/1.1 mi away/819 ft/66 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank794of 1,313

Station report

The weather at Dells/Baraboo, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.9 mi from Baraboo, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,700 ft; the ceiling is 1,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Dells/Baraboo, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, the ceiling at 1,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DLLFIG. A THE SKY OVER DELLS/BARABOOSECTION, 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 1,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDells/Baraboo, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DLLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DLL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

49.0 F with a dew point of 45.5 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Dells/Baraboo: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.5, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DLLFIG. B THE AIR AT DELLS/BARABOOTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,700 FTTEMPERATURE 49.0 FDEW POINT 45.5 FSPREAD 3.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLEDells/Baraboo, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DLLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DLL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Dells/Baraboo, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DLLFIG. C THE WIND AT DELLS/BARABOOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDells/Baraboo, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DLLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DLL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Baraboo 1SE (BAAW3), 1.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Baraboo

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Near Baraboo

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