At an airfield/2.2 mi away/997 ft/9 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
New Richmond, Wisconsin
City in St. Croix County, Wisconsin* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, southeast, and southwest Minnesota and northwest and west central Wisconsin. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
45°
52°/39°
Light rain·
Feels like 39°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for New Richmond until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 4 AM (70%).
Now. New Richmond is 45° and light rain at 4 AM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 51° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:24 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:04 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 10 hours 58 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
97%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
45feels39
70%
Today
Oct 16
5239
19mph
Sat
Oct 17
5931
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6539
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6641
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6941
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7147
13%
Thu
Oct 22
7252
18%
45°
52°39°
59°31°
65°39°
66°41°
69°41°
71°47°
72°52°
As of 4:00 AM in New Richmond, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at New Richmond
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Twin Cities (MN), 33 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
- Ozone10Good14 ppb11.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.
GoodModerate
- 36YesterdayOct 15
- 28TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 40 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at New Richmond
0.91 in in the last 24 hours, 0.92 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.91in
- Last 3 days
- 0.92in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 99%
Visibility
How far you can see at New Richmond, the next 40 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over New Richmond, WisconsinReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest New Richmond, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank498of 1,313
Star Prairie RAWSSRPW3
A remote fire weather station/7.4 mi away/947 ft/41 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station DW5828DW5828
In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.5 mi away/1,198 ft/210 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
River Falls - STH 35 @ Glover Ln.WI042
Beside a road/15.4 mi away/896 ft/92 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
New Richmond 0.8 SSEWI-SC-23
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/977 ft/11 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
RobertsROBW3
At a cooperative observer's station/10.2 mi away/961 ft/27 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at New Richmond Mun, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 2.2 mi from New Richmond, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
Overcast at 900 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
44.8 F with a dew point of 44.0 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 900 ft.
The wind
From the northwest (320 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.
The full report of New Richmond Mun, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Roberts (ROBW3), 10.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Wisconsin
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near New Richmond
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.