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South Milwaukee, Wisconsin

City in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at South Milwaukee

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Kenosha-Racine Lakeside (WI), 17 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good3.6 mi
  • Ozone19Good16 ppb21.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-3.6 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide10Good11.7 ppb3.6 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm3.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at South Milwaukee

0.59 in in the last 24 hours, 0.66 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 9 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.59in
Last 3 days
0.66in

Visibility

How far you can see at South Milwaukee, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest South Milwaukee, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MilwaukeeMKE

At an airfield/3.0 mi away/669 ft/21 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Milwaukee, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.0 mi from South Milwaukee, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 9:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,000 ft, overcast at 2,900 ft; the ceiling is 2,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Milwaukee, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, the ceiling at 2,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKEFIG. A THE SKY OVER MILWAUKEESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMilwaukee, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MKETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKE-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 2,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Milwaukee: 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 2,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKEFIG. B THE AIR AT MILWAUKEETHE 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 43.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,000 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 POINTTITLEMilwaukee, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MKETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.

Plan of the wind at Milwaukee, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 14 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 MKEFIG. C THE WIND AT MILWAUKEEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMilwaukee, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MKETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at South Milwaukee WWTP (SEEW3), 1.0 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:48. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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

Near South Milwaukee

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

Near South Milwaukee

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