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Cross Plains, Wisconsin

Village in Dane County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Cross Plains

Index 8, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Madison Area (WI), 12 miles off.

8Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
  • Ozone6Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)3Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cross Plains

0.69 in in the last 24 hours, 0.82 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.69in
Last 3 days
0.82in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cross Plains, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cross Plains, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MiddletonC29

At an airfield/5.7 mi away/925 ft/36 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank475of 1,313

I-39 / 90 at Church RdWI087

Beside a road/25.8 mi away/912 ft/23 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Cross Plains 0.3 NNEWI-DA-138

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/968 ft/79 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MadisonCHMW3

At a cooperative observer's station/9.2 mi away/1,056 ft/167 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank66of 1,313

Station report

The weather at Middleton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.7 mi from Cross Plains, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,000 ft, overcast at 1,400 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Middleton, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, the ceiling at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C29FIG. A THE SKY OVER MIDDLETONSECTION, 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 1,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMiddleton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS C29TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-C29-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 53.2 F, 97 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 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Middleton: temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.2, 97 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 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C29FIG. B THE AIR AT MIDDLETONTHE 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 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 52.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 54.0 F, 53.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEMiddleton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS C29TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-C29-2DRAWN 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, gusting 17 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Middleton, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C29FIG. C THE WIND AT MIDDLETONPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEMiddleton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS C29TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-C29-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Madison (CHMW3), 9.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:25. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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

Near Cross Plains

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

Near Cross Plains

River and lake gauges