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Rochester, Wisconsin

Village in Racine County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Rochester

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Kenosha-Racine Lakeside (WI), 15 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good19.4 mi
  • Ozone8Good7 ppb19.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-19.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide8Good8.2 ppb20 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm20 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 Rochester

0.47 in in the last 24 hours, 0.57 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.47in
Last 3 days
0.57in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 2 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Rochester, 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

I-43 SB at STH 83WI073

Beside a road/9.2 mi away/814 ft/36 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Rochester 0.2 SEWI-RC-25

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/796 ft/18 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Burlington, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.0 mi from Rochester, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,600 ft; the ceiling is 1,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Burlington, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, the ceiling at 1,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BUUFIG. A THE SKY OVER BURLINGTONSECTION, 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 1,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBurlington, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BUUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BUU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

55.8 F with a dew point of 51.8 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Burlington: temperature 55.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.8, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BUUFIG. B THE AIR AT BURLINGTONTHE 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 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 50.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,600 FTTEMPERATURE 55.8 FDEW POINT 51.8 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLEBurlington, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BUUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BUU-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 12 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Burlington, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BUUFIG. C THE WIND AT BURLINGTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBurlington, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BUUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BUU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Rochester WWTP (ROCW3), 0.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 05:55. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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

Near Rochester

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

Near Rochester

River and lake gauges