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Darlington, Wisconsin

City in Lafayette County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Darlington

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Driftless Area South (WI), 23 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Darlington

0.48 in in the last 24 hours, 0.65 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.48in
Last 3 days
0.65in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Darlington, 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 now5 instruments

PlattevilleS2196

At a soil climate station/13.7 mi away/1,014 ft/141 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank861of 1,313

Mineral PointMRJ

At an airfield/15.4 mi away/1,178 ft/305 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Darlington 0.4 NNEWI-LF-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/916 ft/43 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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DarlingtonDARW3

At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/820 ft/53 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank64of 1,313

Station report

The weather at Platteville, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 13.7 mi from Darlington, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:00 AM local time: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The air

48.6 F with a dew point of 46.9 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 Platteville: temperature 48.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.9, 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 S2196FIG. B THE AIR AT PLATTEVILLETHE 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.5 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 48.6 F, 46.9 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 POINTTITLEPlatteville, the airSTATION REPORT · SCAN S2196TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S2196-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 1,014 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.84 inHg and the temperature at 55.4 F; it reports 48.6 F, 6.8 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Platteville stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,014 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.84 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.4 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S2196FIG. 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 IT1,014 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 HERE28.84 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.4 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED48.6 FTITLEPlatteville, the columnSTATION REPORT · SCAN S2196TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S2196-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 38 degrees above the horizon at 42.70 N, and the day is 10 h 52 min long. Level ground there takes 62 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Platteville, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 38 degrees above the horizon, against 71 at the June solstice, 47 at the equinoxes and 24 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 52 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S2196FIG. E THE SUN AT PLATTEVILLEELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 71°EQUINOXES 47°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 24°OCT 16, 38°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 52 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 62 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 42.70 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLEPlatteville, the sunSTATION REPORT · SCAN S2196TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S2196-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Platteville, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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