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De Soto, Wisconsin

Village in Vernon County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at De Soto

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Driftless Area North (WI), 46 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 16, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at De Soto

0.93 in in the last 24 hours, 0.94 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.93in
Last 3 days
0.94in

Visibility

How far you can see at De Soto, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest De Soto, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ViroquaY51

At an airfield/18.1 mi away/1,283 ft/423 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,263of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

De Soto 5.8 NEWI-VR-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.6 mi away/1,163 ft/303 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Mississippi River AT Genoa Dam 8, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 10.0 mi from De Soto, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 AM local time: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Mississippi River AT Genoa Dam 8, 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 GENW3FIG. C THE WIND AT MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT GENOA DAM 8PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEMississippi River AT Genoa Dam 8, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP GENW3TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GENW3-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 636 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.24 inHg and the temperature at 56.7 F; it reports 47.8 F, 8.9 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Mississippi River AT Genoa Dam 8 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 636 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.24 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.7 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GENW3FIG. D WHERE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT GENOA DAM 8 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 ATMOSPHEREMISSISSIPPI RIVER AT GENOA DAM 82 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT636 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 HERE29.24 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.7 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED47.8 FTITLEMississippi River AT Genoa Dam 8, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP GENW3TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GENW3-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 37 degrees above the horizon at 43.57 N, and the day is 10 h 50 min long. Level ground there takes 61 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Mississippi River AT Genoa Dam 8, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 37 degrees above the horizon, against 70 at the June solstice, 46 at the equinoxes and 23 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 50 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GENW3FIG. E THE SUN AT MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT GENOA DAM 8ELEVATION 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 70°EQUINOXES 46°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 23°OCT 16, 37°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 50 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 61 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 43.57 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLEMississippi River AT Genoa Dam 8, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP GENW3TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GENW3-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Mississippi River AT Genoa Dam 8, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Mississippi River AT Genoa Dam 8 (GENW3), 10.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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Near De Soto

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