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Grafton, Wisconsin

Village in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Grafton

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Milwaukee-Ozaukee (WI), 9 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-
  • Ozone15Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)3Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Grafton

0.81 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.81in
Last 3 days
0.81in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Grafton, 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 now4 instruments

West BendETB

At an airfield/11.4 mi away/886 ft/132 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank12of 1,313

Jackson - USH 45 @ STH 60JAKW3

Beside a road/11.7 mi away/896 ft/142 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Grafton 0.3 WSWWI-OZ-36

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/793 ft/39 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at West Bend, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.4 mi from Grafton, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 900 ft, broken at 3,500 ft, overcast at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 3,500 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over West Bend, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 900 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 3,500 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ETBFIG. A THE SKY OVER WEST BENDSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 900 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEWest Bend, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ETBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ETB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

48.2 F with a dew point of 46.4 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at West Bend: temperature 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.4, 93 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ETBFIG. B THE AIR AT WEST BENDTHE 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 48.2 F, 46.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEWest Bend, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ETBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ETB-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 13 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at West Bend, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ETBFIG. C THE WIND AT WEST BENDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWest Bend, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ETBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ETB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Grafton WWTP (GATW3), 0.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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Near Grafton

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