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Bloomington, Wisconsin

Village in Grant County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Bloomington

Index 25, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Driftless Area South (WI), 28 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bloomington

1.20 in in the last 24 hours, 1.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.20in
Last 3 days
1.30in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bloomington, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Bloomington, 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 now5 instruments

LancasterLKRW3

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.9 mi away/1,094 ft/106 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank499of 1,313

Prairie Du ChienPDC

At an airfield/13.6 mi away/659 ft/329 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

PlattevilleS2196

At a soil climate station/30.3 mi away/1,014 ft/26 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank861of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Bloomington 3.5 NWI-GT-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/1,116 ft/128 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Lancaster, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 10.9 mi from Bloomington, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:41 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

45.0 F with a dew point of 40.4 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Lancaster: temperature 45.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.4, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LKRW3FIG. B THE AIR AT LANCASTERTHE 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 1,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 39.4 FTEMPERATURE 45.0 FDEW POINT 40.4 FSPREAD 4.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLELancaster, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP LKRW3TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LKRW3-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (295 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 27 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lancaster, north up: blowing from 295 degrees, the west northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 27; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LKRW3FIG. C THE WIND AT LANCASTERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 295°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 27 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELancaster, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP LKRW3TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LKRW3-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,094 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.76 inHg and the temperature at 55.1 F; it reports 45.0 F, 10.1 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Lancaster stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,094 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.76 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.1 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LKRW3FIG. D WHERE LANCASTER STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERELANCASTER4 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,094 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.76 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.1 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED45.0 FTITLELancaster, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP LKRW3TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LKRW3-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Lancaster, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Lancaster 4WSW (LANW3), 7.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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

Near Bloomington

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

Near Bloomington

River and lake gauges