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Plainfield, Wisconsin

Village in Waushara County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Plainfield

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Central Waters South (WI), 31 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone16Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 16, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Plainfield

1.05 in in the last 24 hours, 1.10 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.05in
Last 3 days
1.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Plainfield, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Plainfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Wautoma 1 SWWUTW3

At a river or reservoir gauge/14.2 mi away/863 ft/247 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank459of 1,313

Coloma - I-39 @ Czech Ave.CMAW3

Beside a road/15.0 mi away/961 ft/149 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

WautomaY50

At an airfield/15.1 mi away/859 ft/251 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank380of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Hancock 1.5 SEWI-WH-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.3 mi away/1,144 ft/34 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Hancock Exp FarmHANW3

On a farm or research station/6.8 mi away/1,096 ft/14 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Wautoma, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.1 mi from Plainfield, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:38 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,200 ft, overcast at 1,900 ft; the ceiling is 1,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Wautoma, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, the ceiling at 1,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT Y50FIG. A THE SKY OVER WAUTOMASECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWautoma, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS Y50TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-Y50-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

48.2 F with a dew point of 46.4 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Wautoma: temperature 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.4, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT Y50FIG. B THE AIR AT WAUTOMATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 48.2 F, 46.4 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 POINTTITLEWautoma, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS Y50TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-Y50-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Wautoma, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT Y50FIG. C THE WIND AT WAUTOMAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWautoma, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS Y50TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-Y50-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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