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Clear Lake, Wisconsin

Village in Polk County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Clear Lake

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Chippewa Valley and Eastern Twin Cities (WI), 32 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone13Good17 ppb24.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Clear Lake

0.84 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
0.84in
Last 3 days
0.84in

Visibility

How far you can see at Clear Lake, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Clear Lake, 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

measured daily2 instruments

Clear Lake 0.1 NNEWI-PK-40

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,184 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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AmeryAMEW3

At a cooperative observer's station/5.7 mi away/1,053 ft/130 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at New Richmond Mun, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.9 mi from Clear Lake, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,100 ft, broken at 2,000 ft, overcast at 2,400 ft; the ceiling is 2,000 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over New Richmond Mun, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, the ceiling at 2,000 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RNHFIG. A THE SKY OVER NEW RICHMOND MUNSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,100 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLENew Richmond Mun, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RNHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RNH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

43.0 F with a dew point of 42.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,100 ft.

Chart of the air at New Richmond Mun: temperature 43.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RNHFIG. B THE AIR AT NEW RICHMOND MUNTHE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 43.0 F, 42.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLENew Richmond Mun, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RNHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RNH-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 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at New Richmond Mun, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RNHFIG. C THE WIND AT NEW RICHMOND MUNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENew Richmond Mun, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RNHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RNH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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