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Middleton, Wisconsin

City in Dane County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Middleton

Index 9, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Madison Area (WI), 5 miles off.

9Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good7.2 mi
  • Ozone9Good12 ppb7.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)3Good24.9 mi

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 Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Middleton

0.57 in in the last 24 hours, 0.58 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.57in
Last 3 days
0.58in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 1 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Middleton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MiddletonC29

At an airfield/1.8 mi away/925 ft/16 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank475of 1,313

I-39 / 90 at Church RdWI087

Beside a road/18.7 mi away/912 ft/3 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Middleton 0.9 NEWI-DA-202

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/903 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MadisonCHMW3

At a cooperative observer's station/3.2 mi away/1,056 ft/147 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank66of 1,313

Station report

The weather at Middleton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.8 mi from Middleton, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,400 ft; the ceiling is 1,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Middleton, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, the ceiling at 1,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C29FIG. A THE SKY OVER MIDDLETONSECTION, 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 1,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMiddleton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS C29TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-C29-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

52.7 F with a dew point of 52.0 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 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Middleton: temperature 52.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 52.0, 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 1,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C29FIG. B THE AIR AT MIDDLETONTHE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 51.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 52.7 F, 52.0 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 POINTTITLEMiddleton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS C29TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-C29-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Middleton, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C29FIG. C THE WIND AT MIDDLETONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMiddleton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS C29TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-C29-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Madison (CHMW3), 3.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:25. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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

Near Middleton

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

Near Middleton

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