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Barron, Wisconsin

City in Barron County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Barron

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Chippewa Valley and Eastern Twin Cities (WI), 34 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
  • Ozone13Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Barron

0.81 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.81in
Last 3 days
0.81in

Visibility

How far you can see at Barron, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Barron, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Rice LakeRPD

At an airfield/4.0 mi away/1,102 ft/11 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank405of 1,313

Chetek - USH 53 @ CTH ICHKW3

Beside a road/11.6 mi away/1,051 ft/62 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

LadysmithLDYW3

At a river or reservoir gauge/35.7 mi away/1,155 ft/42 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank423of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Barron 3.6 NEWI-BR-46

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/1,105 ft/8 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Rice LakeRILW3

At a cooperative observer's station/4.0 mi away/1,093 ft/20 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Rice Lake, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.0 mi from Barron, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 800 ft, overcast at 1,200 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Rice Lake, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RPDFIG. A THE SKY OVER RICE LAKESECTION, 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 1,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLERice Lake, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RPDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RPD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

48.7 F with a dew point of 47.7 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 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Rice Lake: temperature 48.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.7, 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 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RPDFIG. B THE AIR AT RICE LAKETHE 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 47.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 48.7 F, 47.7 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 POINTTITLERice Lake, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RPDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RPD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Rice Lake, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the 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 RPDFIG. C THE WIND AT RICE LAKEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERice Lake, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RPDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RPD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Rice Lake (RILW3), 4.0 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 06:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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

Near Barron

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Barron

River and lake gauges