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Ripon, Wisconsin

City in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Ripon

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Kettle Moraine North (WI), 26 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
  • Ozone17Good20 ppb23.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)3Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ripon

0.90 in in the last 24 hours, 0.91 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.90in
Last 3 days
0.91in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ripon, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

STH 28 at CTH KKWI077

Beside a road/5.2 mi away/965 ft/22 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

OshkoshOSH

At an airfield/17.1 mi away/814 ft/129 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank5of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Ripon 0.5 SSEWI-DL-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/953 ft/10 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Berlin WWTPBLNW3

At a water treatment plant/11.3 mi away/784 ft/159 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Oshkosh, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.1 mi from Ripon, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 500 ft, overcast at 1,300 ft; the ceiling is 500 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Oshkosh, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, the ceiling at 500 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OSHFIG. A THE SKY OVER OSHKOSHSECTION, 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 1,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLEOshkosh, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OSHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OSH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.0 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 500 ft.

Chart of the air at Oshkosh: temperature 51.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OSHFIG. B THE AIR AT OSHKOSHTHE 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 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 51.0 F, 50.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLEOshkosh, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OSHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OSH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Oshkosh, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 10 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OSHFIG. C THE WIND AT OSHKOSHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOshkosh, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OSHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OSH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Oshkosh, in 6 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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