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Oak Creek, Wisconsin

City in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Oak Creek

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Kenosha-Racine Lakeside (WI), 14 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
  • Ozone11Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Oak Creek

0.65 in in the last 24 hours, 0.70 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.65in
Last 3 days
0.70in

Visibility

How far you can see at Oak Creek, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Thu 10 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Oak Creek, 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

MilwaukeeMKE

At an airfield/4.4 mi away/669 ft/32 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Oak Creek 1.2 WNWWI-MW-22

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/722 ft/21 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Milwaukee, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.4 mi from Oak Creek, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:33 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 800 ft, broken at 1,400 ft, overcast at 2,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,400 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Milwaukee, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 800 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, the ceiling at 1,400 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKEFIG. A THE SKY OVER MILWAUKEESECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 800 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLEMilwaukee, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MKETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 56.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Milwaukee: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKEFIG. B THE AIR AT MILWAUKEETHE 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 F70 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 58.0 F, 56.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEMilwaukee, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MKETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Milwaukee, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 10 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 MKEFIG. C THE WIND AT MILWAUKEEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMilwaukee, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MKETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at South Milwaukee WWTP (SEEW3), 3.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:56. measured daily

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