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Columbus, Wisconsin

City in Columbia County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Columbus

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Madison Area (WI), 27 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good22.1 mi
  • Ozone15Good11 ppb4.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)3Good22.1 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb22.1 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm22.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 13, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Columbus

0.77 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.77in
Last 3 days
0.77in

Visibility

How far you can see at Columbus, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Columbus, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

JuneauUNU

At an airfield/17.3 mi away/935 ft/90 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank529of 1,313

I-39 / 90 at Church RdWI087

Beside a road/24.1 mi away/912 ft/67 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Juneau, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.3 mi from Columbus, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 800 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 1.75 mi.

Section of the sky over Juneau, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 800 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 1.75 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UNUFIG. A THE SKY OVER JUNEAUSECTION, 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 800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1.75 MI0510TITLEJuneau, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS UNUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UNU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

49.3 F with a dew point of 49.3 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Juneau: temperature 49.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.3, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UNUFIG. B THE AIR AT JUNEAUTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 49.3 F, 49.3 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 POINTTITLEJuneau, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS UNUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UNU-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, gusting 17 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Juneau, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 8 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UNUFIG. C THE WIND AT JUNEAUPLAN, 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 BREEZE13GUST, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEJuneau, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS UNUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UNU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Columbus 1SSE (BUSW3), 0.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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

Near Columbus

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

Near Columbus

River and lake gauges