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Cuba City, Wisconsin

City in Grant County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Cuba City

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 AM from its reporting area, Driftless Area South (WI), 25 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good15 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Cuba City

0.34 in in the last 24 hours, 1.10 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 9 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.34in
Last 3 days
1.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cuba City, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cuba City, 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

PlattevilleS2196

At a soil climate station/7.0 mi away/1,014 ft/21 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank861of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Cuba City 0.2 SEWI-GT-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,000 ft/7 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Cuba CityCBCW3

At a cooperative observer's station/0.5 mi away/984 ft/9 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank905of 1,313

Station report

The weather at Platteville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.9 mi from Cuba City, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:15 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 700 ft; the ceiling is 700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Platteville, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 700 feet, the ceiling at 700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PVBFIG. A THE SKY OVER PLATTEVILLESECTION, 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 700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPlatteville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PVBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PVB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Platteville, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 9 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 PVBFIG. C THE WIND AT PLATTEVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPlatteville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PVBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PVB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The column

At 1,024 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.83 inHg and the temperature at 55.3 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.14 inHg means its barometer reads 29.04 inHg.

Section from sea level of where Platteville stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,024 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.83 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.3 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.14 and the station pressure it means, 29.04.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PVBFIG. D WHERE PLATTEVILLE STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREPLATTEVILLE4 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,024 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.83 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.3 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.14 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.04 inHgTITLEPlatteville, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS PVBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PVB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Platteville, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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

Near Cuba City

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

Near Cuba City

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