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Cornell, Wisconsin

City in Chippewa County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Cornell

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Chippewa Valley and Eastern Twin Cities (WI), 38 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cornell

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 1.10 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
1.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cornell, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Sat 10 PM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cornell, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Stanley - STH 29 @ CTH HSTNW3

Beside a road/18.0 mi away/1,071 ft/34 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

LadysmithLDYW3

At a river or reservoir gauge/18.5 mi away/1,155 ft/50 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank423of 1,353

LadysmithRCX

At an airfield/23.9 mi away/1,238 ft/133 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank16of 1,353

measured daily2 instruments

Cornell 4.1 WWI-CH-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/1,043 ft/62 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Ladysmith, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 23.9 mi from Cornell, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 1:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Ladysmith, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RCXFIG. A THE SKY OVER LADYSMITHSECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELadysmith, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RCXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RCX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

28.2 F with a dew point of 26.6 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Ladysmith: temperature 28.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 26.6, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RCXFIG. B THE AIR AT LADYSMITHTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 26.2 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 28.2 F, 26.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLELadysmith, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RCXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RCX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Ladysmith, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RCXFIG. C THE WIND AT LADYSMITHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELadysmith, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RCXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RCX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Chippewa River AT Holcombe XCEL (HOLW3), 4.4 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 06:25. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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

Near Cornell

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

Near Cornell

River and lake gauges