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St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin

City in Polk County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at St. Croix Falls

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, East Central Minnesota (MN), 32 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
  • Ozone18Good18 ppb17.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at St. Croix Falls

0.71 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.71in
Last 3 days
0.71in

Visibility

How far you can see at St. Croix Falls, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over St. Croix Falls, WisconsinReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest St. Croix Falls, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

OsceolaOEO

At an airfield/7.7 mi away/902 ft/122 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank540of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

St Croix FallsSCRW3

At a cooperative observer's station/0.5 mi away/747 ft/277 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank901of 1,313

St. Croix Falls 0.5 WSWWI-PK-47

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/857 ft/167 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Osceola, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.7 mi from St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 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 Osceola, 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 OEOFIG. A THE SKY OVER OSCEOLASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEOsceola, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OEOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OEO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

45.7 F with a dew point of 44.6 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Osceola: temperature 45.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OEOFIG. B THE AIR AT OSCEOLATHE 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 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 45.7 F, 44.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLEOsceola, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OEOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OEO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Osceola, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 9 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 OEOFIG. C THE WIND AT OSCEOLAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOsceola, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OEOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OEO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at St Croix Falls (SCRW3), 0.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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Near St. Croix Falls

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

Near St. Croix Falls

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