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Mineral Point, Wisconsin

City in Iowa County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Mineral Point

Index 6, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 PM from its reporting area, Driftless Area South (WI), 12 miles off.

6Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Mineral Point

0.31 in in the last 24 hours, 1.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.31in
Last 3 days
1.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at Mineral Point, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Mineral Point, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Mineral PointMRJ

At an airfield/3.2 mi away/1,178 ft/101 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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Dodgeville 4NDLEW3

At a river or reservoir gauge/11.2 mi away/1,243 ft/166 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

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PlattevilleS2196

At a soil climate station/15.0 mi away/1,014 ft/63 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

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Citizen station EW5990EW5990

In a volunteer observer's own ground/25.0 mi away/1,046 ft/31 ft below here

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measured daily2 instruments

Mineral Point 3.4 WNWWI-IW-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/1,153 ft/76 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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DodgevilleDGVW3

At a cooperative observer's station/8.1 mi away/1,188 ft/111 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Dodgeville 4N, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 11.2 mi from Mineral Point, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:11 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

49.0 F with a dew point of 37.7 F, 65 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Dodgeville 4N: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.7, 65 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DLEW3FIG. B THE AIR AT DODGEVILLE 4NTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.3 FTEMPERATURE 49.0 FDEW POINT 37.7 FSPREAD 11.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 65 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 POINTTITLEDodgeville 4N, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP DLEW3TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DLEW3-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (346 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 27 mph.

Plan of the wind at Dodgeville 4N, north up: blowing from 346 degrees, the north northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DLEW3FIG. C THE WIND AT DODGEVILLE 4NPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 346°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDodgeville 4N, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP DLEW3TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DLEW3-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,243 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.60 inHg and the temperature at 54.6 F; it reports 49.0 F, 5.6 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Dodgeville 4N stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,243 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.60 inches of mercury, and temperature, 54.6 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DLEW3FIG. D WHERE DODGEVILLE 4N STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREDODGEVILLE 4N4 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,243 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.60 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE54.6 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED49.0 FTITLEDodgeville 4N, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP DLEW3TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DLEW3-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Dodgeville 4N, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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