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Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

City in Chippewa County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Chippewa Falls

Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Chippewa Valley and Eastern Twin Cities (WI), 21 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone12Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 16, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Chippewa Falls

0.88 in in the last 24 hours, 0.89 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.88in
Last 3 days
0.89in

Visibility

How far you can see at Chippewa Falls, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Thu 10 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Chippewa Falls, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Eau ClaireEAU

At an airfield/6.6 mi away/886 ft/41 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank17of 1,313

Eau Claire - I-94 @ USH 53ECRW3

Beside a road/11.8 mi away/881 ft/36 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Chippewa Falls 0.5 WNWWI-CH-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/897 ft/52 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Eau Claire, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.6 mi from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,300 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Eau Claire, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EAUFIG. A THE SKY OVER EAU CLAIRESECTION, 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 1,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEEau Claire, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EAUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EAU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

48.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 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 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Eau Claire: temperature 48.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 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 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EAUFIG. B THE AIR AT EAU CLAIRETHE 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 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 48.0 F, 46.0 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 POINTTITLEEau Claire, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EAUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EAU-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Eau Claire, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EAUFIG. C THE WIND AT EAU CLAIREPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEau Claire, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EAUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EAU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Chippewa Falls (CHPW3), 0.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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Near Chippewa Falls

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