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Chief Lake, Wisconsin

Community in Sawyer County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Chief Lake

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Northwoods West (WI), 4 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-
  • Ozone21Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Chief Lake

0.95 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.95in
Last 3 days
0.95in

Visibility

How far you can see at Chief Lake, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Chief Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

HaywardHYR

At an airfield/8.6 mi away/1,214 ft/94 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank503of 1,313

HaywardHWDW3

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.1 mi away/1,211 ft/97 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank460of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Hayward 10.3 SEWI-SR-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/1,367 ft/59 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

CouderayCOUW3

At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/1,295 ft/13 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank338of 1,313

Station report

The weather at Hayward, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.6 mi from Chief Lake, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,800 ft, broken at 2,400 ft, overcast at 4,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Hayward, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 feet, and visibility of 6 mi.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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 6 MI0510TITLEHayward, 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

44.0 F with a dew point of 42.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Hayward: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 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 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 44.0 F, 42.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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

From the north (10 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hayward, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, 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 STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG 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 Couderay (COUW3), 5.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 16:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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

Near Chief Lake

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

Near Chief Lake

River and lake gauges