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Herbster, Wisconsin

Community in Bayfield County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Herbster

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Duluth Area (MN), 61 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
  • Ozone27Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Herbster

0.59 in in the last 24 hours, 0.89 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.59in
Last 3 days
0.89in

Visibility

How far you can see at Herbster, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Herbster, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Port WingPNGW3

At a river or reservoir gauge/7.5 mi away/594 ft/36 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank632of 1,313

Ino - USH 2 @ Haviar Rd.WI054

Beside a road/21.3 mi away/1,091 ft/461 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

La Pointe4R5

At an airfield/23.2 mi away/624 ft/6 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank589of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Herbster 1.9 EWI-BY-25

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/696 ft/66 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at La Pointe, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 23.2 mi from Herbster, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over La Pointe, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4R5FIG. A THE SKY OVER LA POINTESECTION, 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 SHEETSCT 5,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELa Pointe, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 4R5TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4R5-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

48.6 F with a dew point of 29.3 F, 47 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at La Pointe: temperature 48.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 29.3, 47 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4R5FIG. B THE AIR AT LA POINTETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 4,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE 48.6 FDEW POINT 29.3 FSPREAD 19.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 47 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 Pointe, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4R5TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4R5-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at La Pointe, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4R5FIG. C THE WIND AT LA POINTEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELa Pointe, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4R5TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4R5-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Bayfield Fish Hatchery (BFHW3), 18.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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

Near Herbster

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

Near Herbster

River and lake gauges