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Seneca, Wisconsin

Community in Crawford County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Seneca

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Driftless Area South (WI), 36 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Seneca

0.88 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.88in
Last 3 days
0.88in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Seneca, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

BoscobelOVS

At an airfield/15.8 mi away/663 ft/483 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank673of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Steuben 7.4 WNWWI-CR-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/1,086 ft/60 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Gays MillsGMIW3

At a cooperative observer's station/6.1 mi away/705 ft/441 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank181of 1,313

Station report

The weather at Boscobel, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.8 mi from Seneca, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM 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 Boscobel, 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 OVSFIG. A THE SKY OVER BOSCOBELSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEBoscobel, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OVSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OVS-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 45.0 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Boscobel: temperature 51.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.0, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OVSFIG. B THE AIR AT BOSCOBELTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE 51.0 FDEW POINT 45.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 POINTTITLEBoscobel, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OVSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OVS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Boscobel, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OVSFIG. C THE WIND AT BOSCOBELPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBoscobel, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OVSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OVS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Mississippi River AT Lynxville Dam 9 (LYNW3), 8.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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

Near Seneca

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

Near Seneca

River and lake gauges