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Lancaster, Wisconsin

City in Grant County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Lancaster

Index 25, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Driftless Area South (WI), 19 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lancaster

1.25 in in the last 24 hours, 1.70 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.25in
Last 3 days
1.70in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Lancaster, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

LancasterLKRW3

At a river or reservoir gauge/0.2 mi away/1,094 ft/15 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank499of 1,313

PlattevilleS2196

At a soil climate station/19.5 mi away/1,014 ft/65 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank861of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Platteville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.4 mi from Lancaster, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,300 ft, overcast at 4,100 ft; the ceiling is 2,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Platteville, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,100 feet, the ceiling at 2,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PVBFIG. A THE SKY OVER PLATTEVILLESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPlatteville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PVBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PVB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

45.7 F with a dew point of 45.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Platteville: temperature 45.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PVBFIG. B THE AIR AT PLATTEVILLETHE 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 F60 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 45.7 F, 45.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEPlatteville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PVBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PVB-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, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Platteville, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PVBFIG. C THE WIND AT PLATTEVILLEPLAN, 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 BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPlatteville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PVBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PVB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Lancaster 4WSW (LANW3), 4.1 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 Lancaster

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

Near Lancaster

River and lake gauges