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St. Francis, Wisconsin

City in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at St. Francis

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Milwaukee-Ozaukee (WI), 16 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good4.2 mi
  • Ozone15Good10 ppb4.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)4Good4.2 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide4Good4.1 ppb4.2 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm4.2 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at St. Francis

0.51 in in the last 24 hours, 0.53 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.51in
Last 3 days
0.53in

Visibility

How far you can see at St. Francis, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest St. Francis, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MilwaukeeMKE

At an airfield/2.1 mi away/669 ft/5 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, 2.1 mi from St. Francis, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,800 ft, overcast at 2,300 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Milwaukee, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 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

56.0 F with a dew point of 50.0 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 Milwaukee: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 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 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE 56.0 FDEW POINT 50.0 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 west northwest (300 degrees) at 24 mph, gusting 35 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Milwaukee, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 24 miles an hour, gusting 35; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh 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 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 35 MPH8GALE399STRONG 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), 5.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:56. measured daily

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