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Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

City in Crawford County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Prairie du Chien

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Driftless Area South (WI), 39 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Prairie du Chien

1.15 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.15in
Last 3 days
1.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Prairie du Chien, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Prairie du Chien, WisconsinReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Prairie du Chien, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Prairie Du ChienPDC

At an airfield/1.9 mi away/659 ft/22 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Prairie Du Chien 1.6 NWI-CR-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/633 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Mississippi River AT Lynxville Dam 9, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 11.7 mi from Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 3 sheets.

The column

At 633 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.24 inHg and the temperature at 56.7 F.

Section from sea level of where Mississippi River AT Lynxville Dam 9 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 633 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.24 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.7 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LYNW3FIG. D WHERE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT LYNXVILLE DAM 9 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREMISSISSIPPI RIVER AT LYNXVILLE DAM 92 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT633 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.24 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.7 FTITLEMississippi River AT Lynxville Dam 9, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP LYNW3TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LYNW3-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 38 degrees above the horizon at 43.21 N, and the day is 10 h 51 min long. Level ground there takes 61 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Mississippi River AT Lynxville Dam 9, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 38 degrees above the horizon, against 70 at the June solstice, 47 at the equinoxes and 23 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 51 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LYNW3FIG. E THE SUN AT MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT LYNXVILLE DAM 9ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 70°EQUINOXES 47°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 23°OCT 16, 38°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 51 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 61 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 43.21 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLEMississippi River AT Lynxville Dam 9, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP LYNW3TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LYNW3-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The instrument

A data collection platform, 633 ft above sea level. Its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time is written on the sensors that made it.

Elevation of a data collection platform, Mississippi River AT Lynxville Dam 9, each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: antenna, sending by satellite, last heard oct 15, 2026, 11:15 pm local time; precipitation gauge, 0.00 in today.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LYNW3FIG. F THE INSTRUMENTELEVATION OF A DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM, EACH SENSOR WITH WHAT IT READ, OCT 15, 2026, 11:15 PM LOCAL TIMEANTENNA, SENDING BY SATELLITELAST HEARD OCT 15, 2026, 11:15 PM LOCAL TIMEAIR TEMPERATURE-PRECIPITATION GAUGE0.00 IN TODAYSCHEMATIC; THE SPACING BETWEEN SENSORS IS NOT TO SCALETITLEMississippi River AT Lynxville Dam 9, the instrumentSTATION REPORT · DCP LYNW3TYPEELEVATIONSCALESCHEMATICREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LYNW3-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-001

The full report of Mississippi River AT Lynxville Dam 9, in 3 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Prairie Du Chien (PDCW3), 0.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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