Citizen station GW5490GW5490
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/676 ft/59 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Manitowoc until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Manitowoc is 52° and light rain at 12 AM. The dew point is 51°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 41° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:05 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:48 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 0 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
Air quality
Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Sheboygan-Manitowoc (WI), 14 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 24, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.94 in in the last 24 hours, 0.99 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 12 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Manitowoc, WisconsinReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Manitowoc, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW5490GW5490
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/676 ft/59 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/2.5 mi away/650 ft/33 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Glri Waterway Number 6 Nr Morrison441453087575701
At a river or reservoir gauge/17.9 mi away/872 ft/255 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I43 SB at Superior Ave - Sheboyg WI US WIDOTWI085
Beside a road/23.4 mi away/830 ft/213 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
ManitowocMANW3
At a cooperative observer's station/1.2 mi away/591 ft/26 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Manitowoc 1.1 WNWWI-MC-31
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/655 ft/38 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 2.5 mi from Manitowoc, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 600 ft; the ceiling is 600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
53.0 F with a dew point of 52.0 F, 96 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 600 ft.
From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Manitowac Muni, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.