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Rockdale, Wisconsin

Village in Dane County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Rockdale

Index 11, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Madison Area (WI), 21 miles off.

11Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good18.8 mi
  • Ozone11Good11 ppb10.5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)2Good-

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 Rockdale

0.50 in in the last 24 hours, 0.57 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.50in
Last 3 days
0.57in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Rockdale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

I-39 / 90 at Church RdWI087

Beside a road/6.7 mi away/912 ft/70 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

MadisonMSN

At an airfield/19.7 mi away/856 ft/14 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank8of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Lake MillsLKMW3

At a cooperative observer's station/8.8 mi away/866 ft/24 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank190of 1,313

Station report

The weather at Madison, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.7 mi from Rockdale, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,800 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Madison, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MSNFIG. A THE SKY OVER MADISONSECTION, 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 1,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMadison, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MSNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MSN-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 47.0 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 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Madison: temperature 51.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.0, 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 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MSNFIG. B THE AIR AT MADISONTHE 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 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE 51.0 FDEW POINT 47.0 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 POINTTITLEMadison, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MSNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MSN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 8 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Madison, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 8 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MSNFIG. C THE WIND AT MADISONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMadison, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MSNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MSN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Lake Mills (LKMW3), 8.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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