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Readstown, Wisconsin

Village in Vernon County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Readstown

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 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Readstown

0.67 in in the last 24 hours, 0.68 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.67in
Last 3 days
0.68in

Visibility

How far you can see at Readstown, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Readstown, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ViroquaY51

At an airfield/11.3 mi away/1,283 ft/519 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,263of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Kickapoo River AT ReadstownREAW3

At a cooperative observer's station/0.0 mi away/761 ft/3 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Viroqua 8.7 SWI-VR-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.6 mi away/1,140 ft/376 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station GW0356, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 6.2 mi from Readstown, Wisconsin. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the northwest (308 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 15 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station GW0356, north up: blowing from 308 degrees, the northwest, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 15; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW0356FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION GW0356PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 308°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station GW0356, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW0356TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW0356-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,132 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.72 inHg and the temperature at 55.0 F; the station's altimeter setting of 29.98 inHg means its barometer reads 28.77 inHg; it reports 47.0 F, 8.0 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station GW0356 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,132 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.72 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.0 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 29.98 and the station pressure it means, 28.77.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW0356FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION GW0356 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION GW03564 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,132 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 HERE28.72 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.0 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED29.98 inHgITS BAROMETER READS28.77 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED47.0 FTITLECitizen station GW0356, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW0356TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW0356-2DRAWN 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 43.39 N, and the day is 10 h 50 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 Citizen station GW0356, 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 50 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW0356FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION GW0356ELEVATION 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 50 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 61 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 43.39 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station GW0356, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW0356TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW0356-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station GW0356, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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Near Readstown

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