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Fitchburg, Wisconsin

City in Dane County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Fitchburg

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Madison Area (WI), 4 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone17Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)4Good-

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 Fitchburg

0.71 in in the last 24 hours, 0.78 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.71in
Last 3 days
0.78in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fitchburg, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fitchburg, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MiddletonC29

At an airfield/8.5 mi away/925 ft/4 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank475of 1,313

I-39 / 90 at Church RdWI087

Beside a road/14.0 mi away/912 ft/9 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Fitchburg 2.3 NWWI-DA-165

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/1,028 ft/107 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Middleton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.5 mi from Fitchburg, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,500 ft, broken at 2,900 ft, overcast at 4,400 ft; the ceiling is 2,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Middleton, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,400 feet, the ceiling at 2,900 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,900 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

49.5 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Middleton: temperature 49.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,500 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,500 FTTEMPERATURE 49.5 FDEW POINT 46.0 FSPREAD 3.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 (300 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Middleton, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 16; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle 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 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 16 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 South Side-Arboretum Univ Wi (ARBW3), 1.9 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:32. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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

Near Fitchburg

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

Near Fitchburg

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