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Butternut, Wisconsin

Village in Ashland County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Butternut

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Northwoods West (WI), 38 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-
  • Ozone25Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Butternut

0.78 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.78in
Last 3 days
0.78in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Butternut, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Glidden RAWSGDNW3

A remote fire weather station/10.1 mi away/1,539 ft/34 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank477of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Butternut 0.1 NWI-AS-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,524 ft/19 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

ButternutBUTW3

At a cooperative observer's station/3.2 mi away/1,572 ft/67 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank197of 1,313

Station report

The weather at Phillips/Price, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.5 mi from Butternut, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 900 ft, broken at 1,400 ft, overcast at 2,100 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Phillips/Price, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 900 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, the ceiling at 900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PBHFIG. A THE SKY OVER PHILLIPS/PRICESECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPhillips/Price, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PBHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PBH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.0 F with a dew point of 44.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Phillips/Price: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PBHFIG. B THE AIR AT PHILLIPS/PRICETHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 44.0 F, 44.0 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 POINTTITLEPhillips/Price, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PBHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PBH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Phillips/Price, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PBHFIG. C THE WIND AT PHILLIPS/PRICEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPhillips/Price, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PBHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PBH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Butternut (BUTW3), 3.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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

Near Butternut

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

Near Butternut

River and lake gauges