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Townsend, Wisconsin

Community in Oconto County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Townsend

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Northwoods East (WI), 16 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good19.9 mi
  • Ozone19Good21 ppb19.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Townsend

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.63 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.63in

Visibility

How far you can see at Townsend, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 1 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Townsend, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Wabeno #1S2003

At a soil climate station/9.8 mi away/1,580 ft/232 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank884of 1,353

AntigoAIG

At an airfield/28.0 mi away/1,519 ft/171 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank547of 1,353

measured daily2 instruments

Lakewood 0.2 ENEWI-OC-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/1,272 ft/76 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Antigo, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 28.0 mi from Townsend, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 6:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Antigo, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AIGFIG. A THE SKY OVER ANTIGOSECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAntigo, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AIGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-AIG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

28.2 F with a dew point of 25.7 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Antigo: temperature 28.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 25.7, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AIGFIG. B THE AIR AT ANTIGOTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.2 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 28.2 F, 25.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEAntigo, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AIGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-AIG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Antigo, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, 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 AIGFIG. C THE WIND AT ANTIGOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAntigo, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AIGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-AIG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Mountain 1 SW (MOUW3), 11.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Townsend

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Townsend

River and lake gauges