Citizen station FW4041FW4041
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/1,019 ft/19 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Wales until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Wales is 51° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 10 mph, gusting to 28 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 31° by 7 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 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:09 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:56 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 11 hours 2 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Wales, Wisconsin.
Air quality
Index 13, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Kettle Moraine South (WI), 18 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.44 in in the last 24 hours, 0.46 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Wales, WisconsinReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Wales, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station FW4041FW4041
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/1,019 ft/19 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Pewaukee WWTPPWKW3
At a water treatment plant/5.7 mi away/912 ft/88 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Waukesha Co I-94 WB at STH 67WI090
Beside a road/6.5 mi away/883 ft/117 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/7.5 mi away/902 ft/98 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Wales 0.7 NEWI-WK-105
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/1,052 ft/52 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Carroll CollegeWCCW3
On a college campus/8.1 mi away/902 ft/98 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 7.5 mi from Wales, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 1,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
53.6 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,100 ft.
From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.
The full report of Waukesha Cnty, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Carroll College (WCCW3), 8.1 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.