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Merrill, Wisconsin

City in Lincoln County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Merrill

Index 5, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Central Waters North (WI), 37 miles off.

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

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 11, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Merrill

0.54 in in the last 24 hours, 0.88 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.54in
Last 3 days
0.88in

Visibility

How far you can see at Merrill, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 12 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Merrill, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MerrillRRL

At an airfield/1.4 mi away/1,316 ft/58 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank504of 1,313

I-39 NB at CTH N - WausauWUSW3

Beside a road/18.9 mi away/1,198 ft/60 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

MerrillRRLW3

At a cooperative observer's station/1.6 mi away/1,243 ft/15 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank176of 1,313

Station report

The weather at Merrill, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.4 mi from Merrill, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Merrill, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RRLFIG. A THE SKY OVER MERRILLSECTION, 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 SHEETSCT 4,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMerrill, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RRLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RRL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.0 F with a dew point of 25.7 F, 48 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Merrill: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 25.7, 48 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RRLFIG. B THE AIR AT MERRILLTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 4,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 21.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,500 FTTEMPERATURE 44.0 FDEW POINT 25.7 FSPREAD 18.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 48 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 POINTTITLEMerrill, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RRLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RRL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Merrill, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RRLFIG. C THE WIND AT MERRILLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMerrill, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RRLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RRL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Merrill (RRLW3), 1.6 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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Near Merrill

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