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Tainter Lake, Wisconsin

Community in Dunn County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Tainter Lake

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Chippewa Valley and Eastern Twin Cities (WI), 5 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Tainter Lake

1.05 in in the last 24 hours, 1.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.05in
Last 3 days
1.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Tainter Lake, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Tainter Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Chetek - USH 53 @ CTH ICHKW3

Beside a road/25.0 mi away/1,051 ft/142 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Colfax 4.8 WWI-DN-26

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/895 ft/14 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Menomonie WI, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.6 mi from Tainter Lake, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,000 ft, overcast at 2,600 ft; the ceiling is 2,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Menomonie WI, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, the ceiling at 2,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LUMFIG. A THE SKY OVER MENOMONIE WISECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMenomonie WI, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LUMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LUM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

48.2 F with a dew point of 43.7 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Menomonie WI: temperature 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.7, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LUMFIG. B THE AIR AT MENOMONIE WITHE 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 1,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,000 FTTEMPERATURE 48.2 FDEW POINT 43.7 FSPREAD 4.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLEMenomonie WI, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LUMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LUM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Menomonie WI, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LUMFIG. C THE WIND AT MENOMONIE WIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMenomonie WI, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LUMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LUM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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Near Tainter Lake

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