Big Eau Pleine River At Stratford05399500
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.4 mi away/1,154 ft/97 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Stratford, Wisconsin
Village in Marathon County, Wisconsin* WHAT...Freezing or sub-freezing temperatures from 26 to 32 expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, and northeast Wisconsin. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The warmest low temperatures will be from Appleton and Oshkosh east to the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
47°
49°/40°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 41°·Moderate breeze 15 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Stratford until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Stratford is 47° and mostly clear at 4 PM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 30°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 15 mph, gusting to 31 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 30° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 28°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:14 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:55 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 58 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
1UV Low
5Air quality
51%Humidity
24%Cloud
Now
4:00 PM
47feels41
15mph
Today
Oct 16
4940
18%
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
5528
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6136
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6337
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6539
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6641
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
6947
overcast
47°
49°40°
55°28°
61°36°
63°37°
65°39°
66°41°
69°47°
As of 4:00 PM in Stratford, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at Stratford
Index 5, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Central Waters North (WI), 15 miles off.
5Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)5Good16.5 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 11, good.
GoodModerate
- 11YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Stratford
0.86 in in the last 24 hours, 1.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.86in
- Last 3 days
- 1.20in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 72%
Visibility
How far you can see at Stratford, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Stratford, WisconsinReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Stratford, 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
Rank418of 1,313
MarshfieldMFI
At an airfield/12.7 mi away/1,253 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Abbotsford - STH 29 3 mi E of AbbotsfrdABBW3
Beside a road/13.8 mi away/1,401 ft/150 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station DW7529DW7529
In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.6 mi away/1,239 ft/12 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Stratford 2NNWSTRW3
At a cooperative observer's station/1.2 mi away/1,230 ft/21 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Marshfield 1.8 NEWI-WD-31
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.0 mi away/1,217 ft/34 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The weather at Marshfield, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 12.7 mi from Stratford, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:54 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
47.0 F with a dew point of 28.0 F, 47 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,300 ft up.
The wind
From the north (360 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 45 mph.
The full report of Marshfield, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Wisconsin
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Stratford
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Fenwoodvillage, 5 mi
- Edgarvillage, 10 mi
- Marshfieldcity, 11 mi
- Hewittvillage, 11 mi
- Spencervillage, 11 mi
- Unityvillage, 12 mi
- Auburndalevillage, 12 mi
- Colbycity, 14 mi
- Marathon Cityvillage, 14 mi
- Abbotsfordcity, 16 mi
- Athensvillage, 16 mi
- Milladorevillage, 18 mi