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French Island, Wisconsin

Community in La Crosse County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at French Island

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Driftless Area North (WI), 19 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone18Good20 ppb6.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 10, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at French Island

0.96 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.96in
Last 3 days
0.96in

Visibility

How far you can see at French Island, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest French Island, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

La CrosseLSE

At an airfield/1.4 mi away/650 ft/2 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank563of 1,313

La CrosseLSRW3

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.5 mi away/1,269 ft/617 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank638of 1,313

Arcadia - STH 93ACDW3

Beside a road/25.9 mi away/1,241 ft/589 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

La Crosse 2.5 NWWI-LC-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/682 ft/30 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at La Crosse, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.4 mi from French Island, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:20 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,700 ft, overcast at 3,400 ft; the ceiling is 2,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over La Crosse, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,400 feet, the ceiling at 2,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LSEFIG. A THE SKY OVER LA CROSSESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELa Crosse, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LSETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LSE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 42.0 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,700 ft.

Chart of the air at La Crosse: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.0, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LSEFIG. B THE AIR AT LA CROSSETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,700 FTTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 42.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLELa Crosse, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LSETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LSE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at La Crosse, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LSEFIG. C THE WIND AT LA CROSSEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELa Crosse, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LSETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LSE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of La Crosse, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at La Crosse 4NNW (LCFW3), 0.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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

Near French Island

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

Near French Island

River and lake gauges