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St. Joseph, Wisconsin

Community in La Crosse County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at St. Joseph

Index 12, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Driftless Area North (WI), 21 miles off.

12Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
  • Ozone12Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 14, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at St. Joseph

0.91 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.91in
Last 3 days
0.91in

Visibility

How far you can see at St. Joseph, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest St. Joseph, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

La CrosseLSRW3

At a river or reservoir gauge/8.0 mi away/1,269 ft/22 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank638of 1,313

La CrosseLSE

At an airfield/12.5 mi away/650 ft/641 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank563of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Coon Valley 4.7 NNWWI-LC-40

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/953 ft/338 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

La Crosse NWSARX

At a cooperative observer's station/8.0 mi away/1,270 ft/21 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank28of 1,313

Station report

The weather at La Crosse, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.5 mi from St. Joseph, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:02 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,500 ft, overcast at 2,200 ft; the ceiling is 1,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over La Crosse, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, the ceiling at 1,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LSEFIG. A THE SKY OVER LA CROSSESECTION, 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 2,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELa Crosse, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LSETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LSE-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 46.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,500 ft.

Chart of the air at La Crosse: temperature 51.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LSEFIG. B THE AIR AT LA CROSSETHE 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 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,500 FTTEMPERATURE 51.0 FDEW POINT 46.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLELa Crosse, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LSETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LSE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 32 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at La Crosse, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 20 miles an hour, gusting 32; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LSEFIG. C THE WIND AT LA CROSSEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 32 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELa Crosse, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LSETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LSE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at La Crosse NWS (ARX), 8.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 18:50. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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

Near St. Joseph

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

Near St. Joseph

River and lake gauges