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West Baraboo, Wisconsin

Village in Sauk County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at West Baraboo

Index 13, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 AM from its reporting area, Central Waters South (WI), 21 miles off.

13Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good5.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good5.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 8, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at West Baraboo

0.95 in in the last 24 hours, 1.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 9 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.95in
Last 3 days
1.30in

Visibility

How far you can see at West Baraboo, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 10 miles Sat 3 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest West Baraboo, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Baraboo 1SEBAAW3

At a cooperative observer's station/2.4 mi away/819 ft/77 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank794of 1,313

Station report

The weather at Dells/Baraboo, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.1 mi from West Baraboo, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,700 ft; the ceiling is 1,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Dells/Baraboo, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, the ceiling at 1,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DLLFIG. A THE SKY OVER DELLS/BARABOOSECTION, 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 1,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDells/Baraboo, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DLLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DLL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

49.5 F with a dew point of 44.8 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Dells/Baraboo: temperature 49.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.8, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DLLFIG. B THE AIR AT DELLS/BARABOOTHE 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 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,700 FTTEMPERATURE 49.5 FDEW POINT 44.8 FSPREAD 4.7 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 POINTTITLEDells/Baraboo, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DLLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DLL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Dells/Baraboo, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DLLFIG. C THE WIND AT DELLS/BARABOOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDells/Baraboo, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DLLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DLL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Baraboo 1SE (BAAW3), 2.4 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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Near West Baraboo

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