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Stanley, Wisconsin

City in Chippewa County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Stanley

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Chippewa Valley and Eastern Twin Cities (WI), 44 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
  • Ozone13Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Stanley

1.35 in in the last 24 hours, 1.45 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.35in
Last 3 days
1.45in

Visibility

How far you can see at Stanley, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Stanley, 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

Stanley - STH 29 @ CTH HSTNW3

Beside a road/0.4 mi away/1,071 ft/level with here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Eau ClaireEAU

At an airfield/27.4 mi away/886 ft/185 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank17of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Boyd 0.3 SEWI-CH-24

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/1,129 ft/58 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Owen 1EOWEW3

At a cooperative observer's station/19.0 mi away/1,273 ft/202 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank882of 1,313

Station report

The weather at Eau Claire, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 27.4 mi from Stanley, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 700 ft, overcast at 1,200 ft; the ceiling is 700 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Eau Claire, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, the ceiling at 700 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EAUFIG. A THE SKY OVER EAU CLAIRESECTION, 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 1,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEEau Claire, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EAUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EAU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

45.0 F with a dew point of 44.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 700 ft.

Chart of the air at Eau Claire: temperature 45.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EAUFIG. B THE AIR AT EAU CLAIRETHE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 45.0 F, 44.0 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 POINTTITLEEau Claire, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EAUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EAU-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Eau Claire, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 10 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 EAUFIG. C THE WIND AT EAU CLAIREPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEau Claire, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EAUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EAU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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