Beside a road/12.8 mi away/1,076 ft/200 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
South Wayne, Wisconsin
Village in Lafayette County, Wisconsin* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 expected. * WHERE...Portions of east central, south central, and southeast Wisconsin. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
51°
55°/45°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 51°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for South Wayne until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. South Wayne is 51° and mostly cloudy at 11 AM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 15 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 53° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:16 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:04 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
16Air quality
82%Humidity
78%Cloud
Now
11:00 AM
51feels51
16%
15mph
Today
Oct 16
5545
30%
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
5731
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6340
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6641
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6942
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7045
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7249
overcast
51°
55°45°
57°31°
63°40°
66°41°
69°42°
70°45°
72°49°
As of 11:00 AM in South Wayne, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at South Wayne
Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Driftless Area South (WI), 36 miles off.
16Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 12, good.
GoodModerate
- 12YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at South Wayne
0.39 in in the last 24 hours, 0.52 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.39in
- Last 3 days
- 0.52in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 75%
Visibility
How far you can see at South Wayne, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over South Wayne, WisconsinReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest South Wayne, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.9 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Rank-
MonroeEFT
At an airfield/15.1 mi away/1,086 ft/210 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
East Branch Pecatonica River Nr Blanchardville05433000
At a river or reservoir gauge/15.2 mi away/797 ft/79 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
PlattevilleS2196
At a soil climate station/27.2 mi away/1,014 ft/138 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Citizen station GW0157GW0157
In a volunteer observer's own ground/30.2 mi away/900 ft/24 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
South Wayne 3.9 SSWWI-LF-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/876 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ArgyleARGW3
At a cooperative observer's station/9.2 mi away/801 ft/75 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Monroe, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 15.1 mi from South Wayne, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
Broken at 2,000 ft, broken at 2,800 ft, overcast at 3,400 ft; the ceiling is 2,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
52.0 F with a dew point of 45.5 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,000 ft.
The wind
From the north (350 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.
The full report of Monroe, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Wisconsin
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near South Wayne
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Browntownvillage, 4 mi
- Woodfordcommunity, 6 mi
- Wiotacommunity, 6 mi
- Gratiotvillage, 7 mi
- Argylevillage, 9 mi
- Monroecity, 12 mi
- Darlingtoncity, 14 mi
- Blanchardvillevillage, 17 mi
- Shullsburgcity, 18 mi
- Judacommunity, 19 mi
- Monticellovillage, 19 mi
- New Glarusvillage, 21 mi