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Sheldon, Wisconsin

Village in Rusk County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Sheldon

Index 13, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Northwoods West (WI), 44 miles off.

13Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
  • Ozone13Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sheldon

0.96 in in the last 24 hours, 1.00 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.96in
Last 3 days
1.00in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 11 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Sheldon, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

LadysmithLDYW3

At a river or reservoir gauge/11.4 mi away/1,155 ft/31 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank423of 1,313

LadysmithRCX

At an airfield/13.0 mi away/1,238 ft/114 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank16of 1,313

Stanley - STH 29 @ CTH HSTNW3

Beside a road/24.8 mi away/1,071 ft/53 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Sheldon 1.5 WSWWI-RS-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/1,105 ft/19 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Ladysmith, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.0 mi from Sheldon, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 800 ft, broken at 1,600 ft, overcast at 5,500 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Ladysmith, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 800 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RCXFIG. A THE SKY OVER LADYSMITHSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELadysmith, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RCXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RCX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.0 F with a dew point of 45.5 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Ladysmith: temperature 46.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.5, 98 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RCXFIG. B THE AIR AT LADYSMITHTHE 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 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 46.0 F, 45.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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 POINTTITLELadysmith, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RCXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RCX-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. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Ladysmith, 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 RCXFIG. C THE WIND AT LADYSMITHPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLELadysmith, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RCXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RCX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Chippewa River AT Holcombe XCEL (HOLW3), 10.2 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 06:15. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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

Near Sheldon

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

Near Sheldon

River and lake gauges