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Cable, Wisconsin

Community in Bayfield County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Cable

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Northwoods West (WI), 20 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
  • Ozone17Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cable

0.70 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.70in
Last 3 days
0.70in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cable, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cable, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

HaywardHWDW3

At a river or reservoir gauge/14.0 mi away/1,211 ft/152 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank460of 1,313

HaywardHYR

At an airfield/14.2 mi away/1,214 ft/149 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank503of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Hayward 9.7 NEWI-SR-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.4 mi away/1,285 ft/78 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Clam Lake 4WCMKW3

At a cooperative observer's station/15.1 mi away/1,516 ft/153 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank43of 1,313

Station report

The weather at Hayward, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.2 mi from Cable, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 600 ft; the ceiling is 600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hayward, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 600 feet, the ceiling at 600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HYRFIG. A THE SKY OVER HAYWARDSECTION, 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: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHayward, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HYRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HYR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 600 ft.

Chart of the air at Hayward: temperature 46.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HYRFIG. B THE AIR AT HAYWARDTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 46.0 F, 46.0 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 POINTTITLEHayward, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HYRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HYR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Hayward, north up: 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 HYRFIG. C THE WIND AT HAYWARDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHayward, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HYRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HYR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Clam Lake 4W (CMKW3), 15.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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

Near Cable

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

Near Cable

River and lake gauges