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Racine, Wisconsin

City in Racine County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Racine

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Kenosha-Racine Lakeside (WI), 8 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good14.9 mi
  • Ozone8Good6 ppb4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-16 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide8Good8.2 ppb16 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm16 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Racine

0.50 in in the last 24 hours, 0.55 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.50in
Last 3 days
0.55in

Visibility

How far you can see at Racine, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Racine, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

RacineRAC

At an airfield/2.6 mi away/666 ft/31 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank467of 1,313

I-94 EB at 71st StWI074

Beside a road/12.8 mi away/705 ft/70 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Racine 0.3 WWI-RC-55

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/602 ft/33 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

RacineRCNW3

At a cooperative observer's station/2.5 mi away/574 ft/61 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank186of 1,313

Station report

The weather at Racine, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.6 mi from Racine, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,300 ft, overcast at 2,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Racine, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RACFIG. A THE SKY OVER RACINESECTION, 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 2,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERacine, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RACTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RAC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 54.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Racine: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 54.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RACFIG. B THE AIR AT RACINETHE 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE 57.0 FDEW POINT 54.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLERacine, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RACTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RAC-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 15 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Racine, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RACFIG. C THE WIND AT RACINEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERacine, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RACTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RAC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Racine (RCNW3), 2.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Racine

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

Near Racine

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