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Blue Mounds, Wisconsin

Village in Dane County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Blue Mounds

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Madison Area (WI), 21 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-
  • Ozone15Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)3Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 13, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Blue Mounds

0.86 in in the last 24 hours, 0.92 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.86in
Last 3 days
0.92in

Visibility

How far you can see at Blue Mounds, the next 42 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Blue Mounds, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

MiddletonC29

At an airfield/16.3 mi away/925 ft/388 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank475of 1,313

PlattevilleS2196

At a soil climate station/35.7 mi away/1,014 ft/299 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank861of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Blue Mounds 0.5 WSWWI-DA-164

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/1,269 ft/44 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Mt HorebMRBW3

At a cooperative observer's station/4.9 mi away/1,073 ft/240 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank336of 1,313

Station report

The weather at Middleton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.3 mi from Blue Mounds, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,200 ft, overcast at 2,700 ft; the ceiling is 2,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Middleton, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, the ceiling at 2,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C29FIG. A THE SKY OVER MIDDLETONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMiddleton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS C29TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-C29-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.3 F with a dew point of 47.3 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Middleton: temperature 51.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.3, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C29FIG. B THE AIR AT MIDDLETONTHE 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 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE 51.3 FDEW POINT 47.3 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLEMiddleton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS C29TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-C29-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 13 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 Middleton, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 13 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 C29FIG. C THE WIND AT MIDDLETONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMiddleton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS C29TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-C29-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Mt Horeb (MRBW3), 4.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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