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Highland, Wisconsin

Village in Iowa County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Highland

Index 13, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Driftless Area South (WI), 6 miles off.

13Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Highland

1.15 in in the last 24 hours, 1.20 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.15in
Last 3 days
1.20in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Highland, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Mineral PointMRJ

At an airfield/13.1 mi away/1,178 ft/4 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

PlattevilleS2196

At a soil climate station/23.9 mi away/1,014 ft/160 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank861of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Highland 2.4 NNEWI-IW-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/1,205 ft/31 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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DodgevilleDGVW3

At a cooperative observer's station/14.4 mi away/1,188 ft/14 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Dodgeville 4N, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 12.2 mi from Highland, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:11 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

51.0 F with a dew point of 49.9 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Dodgeville 4N: temperature 51.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.9, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DLEW3FIG. B THE AIR AT DODGEVILLE 4NTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.6 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 51.0 F, 49.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLEDodgeville 4N, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP DLEW3TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DLEW3-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (313 degrees) at 8 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Dodgeville 4N, north up: blowing from 313 degrees, the northwest, at 8 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DLEW3FIG. C THE WIND AT DODGEVILLE 4NPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 313°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDodgeville 4N, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP DLEW3TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DLEW3-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,243 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.60 inHg and the temperature at 54.6 F; it reports 51.0 F, 3.6 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Dodgeville 4N stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,243 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.60 inches of mercury, and temperature, 54.6 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DLEW3FIG. D WHERE DODGEVILLE 4N STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREDODGEVILLE 4N4 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,243 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.60 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE54.6 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED51.0 FTITLEDodgeville 4N, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP DLEW3TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DLEW3-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Dodgeville 4N, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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

Near Highland

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

Near Highland

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