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Benton, Wisconsin

Village in Lafayette County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Benton

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Driftless Area South (WI), 27 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good18.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Benton

0.57 in in the last 24 hours, 0.67 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.57in
Last 3 days
0.67in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Benton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

PlattevilleS2196

At a soil climate station/9.0 mi away/1,014 ft/100 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank861of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Benton 0.2 EWI-LF-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/887 ft/27 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank72of 1,313

Cuba CityCBCW3

At a cooperative observer's station/3.0 mi away/984 ft/70 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank905of 1,313

Station report

The weather at Platteville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.9 mi from Benton, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,300 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Platteville, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PVBFIG. A THE SKY OVER PLATTEVILLESECTION, 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 1,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPlatteville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PVBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PVB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

49.6 F with a dew point of 49.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Platteville: temperature 49.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PVBFIG. B THE AIR AT PLATTEVILLETHE 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 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 49.6 F, 49.6 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 POINTTITLEPlatteville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PVBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PVB-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 15 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Platteville, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PVBFIG. C THE WIND AT PLATTEVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPlatteville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PVBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PVB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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