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Lake Tomahawk, Wisconsin

Community in Oneida County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Lake Tomahawk

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Northwoods East (WI), 43 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)5Good-
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lake Tomahawk

0.63 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.63in
Last 3 days
0.63in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lake Tomahawk, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 7 miles Fri 10 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lake Tomahawk, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

WoodruffWUFW3

At a river or reservoir gauge/6.1 mi away/1,627 ft/5 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank477of 1,313

Woodruff - STH 47 @ CTH JWDFW3

Beside a road/6.9 mi away/1,621 ft/11 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Rhinelander 9.1 NWWI-ON-22

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.7 mi away/1,570 ft/62 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MinocquaMQRW3

At a cooperative observer's station/8.5 mi away/1,621 ft/11 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank196of 1,313

Station report

The weather at Minocqua/Woodruf, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.4 mi from Lake Tomahawk, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,200 ft, overcast at 1,900 ft; the ceiling is 1,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Minocqua/Woodruf, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, the ceiling at 1,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ARVFIG. A THE SKY OVER MINOCQUA/WOODRUFSECTION, 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 1,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMinocqua/Woodruf, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ARVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ARV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

42.8 F with a dew point of 41.0 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 1,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Minocqua/Woodruf: temperature 42.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 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 1,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ARVFIG. B THE AIR AT MINOCQUA/WOODRUFTHE 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 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 42.8 F, 41.0 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 POINTTITLEMinocqua/Woodruf, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ARVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ARV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Minocqua/Woodruf, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 16; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ARVFIG. C THE WIND AT MINOCQUA/WOODRUFPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMinocqua/Woodruf, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ARVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ARV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Minocqua (MQRW3), 8.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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

Near Lake Tomahawk

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

Near Lake Tomahawk

River and lake gauges