EAU GALLE RIVER AT Spring ValleySVPW3
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.5 mi away/928 ft/178 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Bay City until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 4 AM, the chance peaking at 67% around 5 AM.
Now. Bay City is 44° and overcast at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:24 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:06 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 59 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Bay City, Wisconsin.
Air quality
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Chippewa Valley and Eastern Twin Cities (WI), 38 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.94 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 5 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Bay City, WisconsinReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Bay City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.5 miles away.
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EAU GALLE RIVER AT Spring ValleySVPW3
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.5 mi away/928 ft/178 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
River Falls - STH 35 @ Glover Ln.WI042
Beside a road/24.8 mi away/896 ft/146 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Menomonie WILUM
At an airfield/35.7 mi away/896 ft/146 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station DW5828DW5828
In a volunteer observer's own ground/36.7 mi away/1,198 ft/448 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Bay City 3.7 NNWWI-PC-29
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/1,188 ft/438 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Elsworth 1EELWW3
At a cooperative observer's station/9.8 mi away/1,027 ft/277 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 35.7 mi from Bay City, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 1,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
46.6 F with a dew point of 46.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,100 ft.
From the west (280 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.
The full report of Menomonie WI, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Elsworth 1E (ELWW3), 9.8 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.