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River Hills, Wisconsin

Village in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at River Hills

Index 8, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Milwaukee-Ozaukee (WI), 2 miles off.

8Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good16.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good16.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide8Good9.6 ppb16.4 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm16.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at River Hills

0.40 in in the last 24 hours, 0.49 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.40in
Last 3 days
0.49in

Visibility

How far you can see at River Hills, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest River Hills, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

West AllisWETW3

At a river or reservoir gauge/11.3 mi away/738 ft/29 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank377of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Milwaukee/Lawren, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.8 mi from River Hills, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 3,100 ft, scattered at 3,700 ft, broken at 4,800 ft; the ceiling is 4,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Milwaukee/Lawren, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 3,100 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 3,700 feet, broken cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, the ceiling at 4,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MWCFIG. A THE SKY OVER MILWAUKEE/LAWRENSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 4,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 3,700 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 3,100 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMilwaukee/Lawren, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MWCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MWC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Milwaukee/Lawren: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 66 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MWCFIG. B THE AIR AT MILWAUKEE/LAWRENTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 3,100 FTTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 66 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 POINTTITLEMilwaukee/Lawren, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MWCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MWC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Milwaukee/Lawren, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MWCFIG. C THE WIND AT MILWAUKEE/LAWRENPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMilwaukee/Lawren, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MWCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MWC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Grafton WWTP (GATW3), 9.4 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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Near River Hills

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