Beside a road/9.5 mi away/1,601 ft/19 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 1 AM, the chance peaking at 72% around 4 AM.
Now. Post Lake is 45° and light rain at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 28° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 26°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:09 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:48 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 56 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Post Lake, Wisconsin.
Air quality
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Northwoods East (WI), 10 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 20, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.67 in in the last 24 hours, 0.70 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 4 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Post Lake, WisconsinReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Post Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Beside a road/9.5 mi away/1,601 ft/19 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Discovery Farms Waterway AO3 Near Antigo451337089035401
At a river or reservoir gauge/15.2 mi away/1,550 ft/70 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
AntigoAIG
At an airfield/20.2 mi away/1,519 ft/101 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Wabeno #1S2003
At a soil climate station/24.5 mi away/1,580 ft/40 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Crandon 8.3 SSWWI-FR-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/1,567 ft/53 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Summit LakeSULW3
At a cooperative observer's station/6.7 mi away/1,729 ft/109 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 20.2 mi from Post Lake, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
45.5 F with a dew point of 45.5 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.
From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Antigo, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.