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Birchwood, Wisconsin

Village in Washburn County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Birchwood

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Northwoods West (WI), 22 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
  • Ozone15Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Birchwood

0.84 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.84in
Last 3 days
0.84in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Birchwood, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Rice LakeRPD

At an airfield/19.5 mi away/1,102 ft/146 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank405of 1,313

Chetek - USH 53 @ CTH ICHKW3

Beside a road/24.9 mi away/1,051 ft/197 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

LadysmithLDYW3

At a river or reservoir gauge/26.1 mi away/1,155 ft/93 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank423of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Sarona 4.9 EWI-WB-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.5 mi away/1,237 ft/11 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

SpoonerSPOW3

At a cooperative observer's station/13.6 mi away/1,316 ft/68 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Rice Lake, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.5 mi from Birchwood, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 600 ft; the ceiling is 600 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Rice Lake, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 600 feet, the ceiling at 600 feet, and visibility of 3 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 600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 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

49.0 F with a dew point of 48.0 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 600 ft.

Chart of the air at Rice Lake: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.0, 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 600 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 47.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 49.0 F, 48.0 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

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Rice Lake, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, 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 STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE 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

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