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Star Prairie, Wisconsin

Village in St. Croix County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Star Prairie

Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Twin Cities (MN), 36 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good-
  • Ozone10Good18 ppb11.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Star Prairie

0.73 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
0.73in
Last 3 days
0.73in

Visibility

How far you can see at Star Prairie, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Star Prairie, 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

measured daily2 instruments

Star Prairie 0.4 SEWI-SC-94

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,010 ft/55 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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AmeryAMEW3

At a cooperative observer's station/10.9 mi away/1,053 ft/98 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at New Richmond Mun, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.3 mi from Star Prairie, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,100 ft; the ceiling is 2,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over New Richmond Mun, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, the ceiling at 2,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RNHFIG. A THE SKY OVER NEW RICHMOND MUNSECTION, 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 2,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLENew Richmond Mun, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RNHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RNH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.0 F with a dew point of 42.3 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,100 ft.

Chart of the air at New Richmond Mun: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.3, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RNHFIG. B THE AIR AT NEW RICHMOND MUNTHE 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 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 44.0 F, 42.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLENew Richmond Mun, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RNHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RNH-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 15 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at New Richmond Mun, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RNHFIG. C THE WIND AT NEW RICHMOND MUNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENew Richmond Mun, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RNHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RNH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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