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Iron Belt, Wisconsin

Community in Iron County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Iron Belt

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Northwoods West (WI), 57 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
  • Ozone15Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Iron Belt

0.68 in in the last 24 hours, 1.05 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.68in
Last 3 days
1.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Iron Belt, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Iron Belt, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Pence 0.1 EWI-IR-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/1,637 ft/68 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank294of 1,313

UpsonUPSW3

At a cooperative observer's station/4.8 mi away/1,499 ft/70 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Manitowish Waters, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 28.6 mi from Iron Belt, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 600 ft, overcast at 1,000 ft; the ceiling is 600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Manitowish Waters, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 600 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, the ceiling at 600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT D25FIG. A THE SKY OVER MANITOWISH WATERSSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEManitowish Waters, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS D25TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-D25-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.8 F with a dew point of 46.6 F, 99 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 600 ft.

Chart of the air at Manitowish Waters: temperature 46.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.6, 99 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT D25FIG. B THE AIR AT MANITOWISH WATERSTHE 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 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 46.8 F, 46.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 99 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 POINTTITLEManitowish Waters, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS D25TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-D25-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Manitowish Waters, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT D25FIG. C THE WIND AT MANITOWISH WATERSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEManitowish Waters, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS D25TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-D25-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Upson (UPSW3), 4.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 18:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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Near Iron Belt

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Near Iron Belt

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