In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.8 mi away/1,073 ft/154 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Elk Mound until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 4 AM, the chance peaking at 62% around 5 AM.
Now. Elk Mound is 46° and overcast at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 48° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:20 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:01 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 58 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Elk Mound, Wisconsin.
Air quality
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Chippewa Valley and Eastern Twin Cities (WI), 7 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
1.05 in in the last 24 hours, 1.10 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 6 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Elk Mound, WisconsinReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Elk Mound, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.8 mi away/1,073 ft/154 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Menomonie WILUM
At an airfield/8.9 mi away/896 ft/23 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Eau Claire - I-94 @ USH 53ECRW3
Beside a road/14.8 mi away/881 ft/38 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
EAU GALLE RIVER AT Spring ValleySVPW3
At a river or reservoir gauge/26.9 mi away/928 ft/9 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Elk Mound 1.3 NEWI-DN-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/974 ft/55 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Eau Claire 3SWELRW3
At a cooperative observer's station/10.2 mi away/863 ft/56 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 8.9 mi from Elk Mound, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 1,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
46.4 F with a dew point of 46.4 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,100 ft.
From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.
The full report of Menomonie WI, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Eau Claire 3SW (ELRW3), 10.2 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:58. measured daily
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.