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Iola, Wisconsin

Village in Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Iola

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Central Waters North (WI), 37 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Iola

1.25 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
1.25in
Last 3 days
1.25in

Visibility

How far you can see at Iola, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Iola, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

WaupacaPCZ

At an airfield/13.1 mi away/826 ft/135 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank379of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Iola 3.4 NWI-WP-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/1,011 ft/50 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Big Falls-5 NWBFSW3

At a cooperative observer's station/9.2 mi away/1,119 ft/158 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Waupaca, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.1 mi from Iola, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,200 ft, broken at 2,900 ft, overcast at 4,800 ft; the ceiling is 2,900 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Waupaca, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, the ceiling at 2,900 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PCZFIG. A THE SKY OVER WAUPACASECTION, 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 4,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,200 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEWaupaca, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PCZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PCZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

49.6 F with a dew point of 48.0 F, 94 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 1,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Waupaca: temperature 49.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.0, 94 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 1,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PCZFIG. B THE AIR AT WAUPACATHE 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 49.6 F, 48.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEWaupaca, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PCZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PCZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Waupaca, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 12 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 PCZFIG. C THE WIND AT WAUPACAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWaupaca, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PCZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PCZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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