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Orfordville, Wisconsin

Village in Rock County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Orfordville

Index 8, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Rockford (IL), 23 miles off.

8Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
  • Ozone8Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Orfordville

0.46 in in the last 24 hours, 0.92 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.46in
Last 3 days
0.92in

Visibility

How far you can see at Orfordville, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Orfordville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

I-39 / 90 at STH 26WI089

Beside a road/14.9 mi away/915 ft/22 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Brodhead 6.2 NEWI-RK-32

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/996 ft/103 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

BrodheadBROW3

At a cooperative observer's station/6.9 mi away/782 ft/111 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank202of 1,313

Station report

The weather at Janesville/Rock, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.8 mi from Orfordville, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,600 ft; the ceiling is 2,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Janesville/Rock, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, the ceiling at 2,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JVLFIG. A THE SKY OVER JANESVILLE/ROCKSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEJanesville/Rock, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JVLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JVL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 44.6 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Janesville/Rock: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JVLFIG. B THE AIR AT JANESVILLE/ROCKTHE 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 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,600 FTTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 44.6 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLEJanesville/Rock, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS JVLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JVL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Janesville/Rock, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JVLFIG. C THE WIND AT JANESVILLE/ROCKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEJanesville/Rock, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS JVLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JVL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Brodhead (BROW3), 6.9 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 Orfordville

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

Near Orfordville

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