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Chain O' Lakes, Wisconsin

Community in Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Chain O' Lakes

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Green Bay and Fox Cities (WI), 40 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Chain O' Lakes

0.94 in in the last 24 hours, 0.96 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.94in
Last 3 days
0.96in

Visibility

How far you can see at Chain O' Lakes, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Chain O' Lakes, WisconsinReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Chain O' Lakes, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

WaupacaPCZ

At an airfield/7.0 mi away/826 ft/69 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank379of 1,313

Coloma - I-39 @ Czech Ave.CMAW3

Beside a road/28.5 mi away/961 ft/66 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Waupaca 5.5 WSWWI-WP-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/924 ft/29 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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WaupacaWPCW3

At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/869 ft/26 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Waupaca, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.0 mi from Chain O' Lakes, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 500 ft, scattered at 1,000 ft, overcast at 1,600 ft; the ceiling is 1,600 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Waupaca, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 500 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, the ceiling at 1,600 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PCZFIG. A THE SKY OVER WAUPACASECTION, 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 1,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEWaupaca, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PCZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PCZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

49.6 F with a dew point of 49.0 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 500 ft.

Chart of the air at Waupaca: temperature 49.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.0, 98 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PCZFIG. B THE AIR AT WAUPACATHE 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 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 49.6 F, 49.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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 POINTTITLEWaupaca, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PCZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PCZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Waupaca, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PCZFIG. C THE WIND AT WAUPACAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWaupaca, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PCZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PCZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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