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Tomahawk, Wisconsin

City in Lincoln County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Tomahawk

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Northwoods East (WI), 41 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-
  • Ozone18Good-
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.8 ppb19.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Tomahawk

0.70 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.70in
Last 3 days
0.70in

Visibility

How far you can see at Tomahawk, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Thu 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Tomahawk, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

TomahawkTKV

At an airfield/3.9 mi away/1,486 ft/38 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank576of 1,313

Tomahawk - USH 8 @ USH 51WI058

Beside a road/5.6 mi away/1,501 ft/53 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Tomahawk, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.9 mi from Tomahawk, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 400 ft, overcast at 1,000 ft; the ceiling is 400 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Tomahawk, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, the ceiling at 400 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TKVFIG. A THE SKY OVER TOMAHAWKSECTION, 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 1,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLETomahawk, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TKVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TKV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 45.5 F, 97 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 400 ft.

Chart of the air at Tomahawk: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.5, 97 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 400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TKVFIG. B THE AIR AT TOMAHAWKTHE 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 45.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 46.4 F, 45.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLETomahawk, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TKVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TKV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Tomahawk, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TKVFIG. C THE WIND AT TOMAHAWKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETomahawk, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TKVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TKV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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