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Mount Sterling, Wisconsin

Village in Crawford County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Mount Sterling

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Driftless Area South (WI), 38 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Mount Sterling

0.77 in in the last 24 hours, 0.83 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.77in
Last 3 days
0.83in

Visibility

How far you can see at Mount Sterling, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Mount Sterling, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

BoscobelOVS

At an airfield/16.7 mi away/663 ft/520 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank673of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Gays MillsGMIW3

At a cooperative observer's station/4.0 mi away/705 ft/478 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank181of 1,313

Gays Mills 0.4 SEWI-CR-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/702 ft/481 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Boscobel, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.7 mi from Mount Sterling, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 2,500 ft, scattered at 4,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Boscobel, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,500 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 4,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OVSFIG. A THE SKY OVER BOSCOBELSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 4,900 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 2,500 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBoscobel, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OVSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OVS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

49.0 F with a dew point of 42.0 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Boscobel: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.0, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OVSFIG. B THE AIR AT BOSCOBELTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 2,500 FTTEMPERATURE 49.0 FDEW POINT 42.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 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 POINTTITLEBoscobel, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OVSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OVS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Boscobel, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 10 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 OVSFIG. C THE WIND AT BOSCOBELPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBoscobel, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OVSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OVS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Mississippi River AT Lynxville Dam 9 (LYNW3), 11.3 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 Mount Sterling

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

Near Mount Sterling

River and lake gauges