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West Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Village in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at West Milwaukee

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Milwaukee-Ozaukee (WI), 12 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good-
  • Ozone16Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)4Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at West Milwaukee

0.45 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.45in
Last 3 days
0.45in

Visibility

How far you can see at West Milwaukee, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest West Milwaukee, 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

West AllisWETW3

At a river or reservoir gauge/1.3 mi away/738 ft/87 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank377of 1,313

MilwaukeeMKE

At an airfield/6.2 mi away/669 ft/18 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Milwaukee 2.9 SSWWI-MW-38

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/684 ft/33 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Sw-Whitnal ParkWPKW3

At a cooperative observer's station/7.5 mi away/791 ft/140 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Milwaukee, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.2 mi from West Milwaukee, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,600 ft; the ceiling is 1,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Milwaukee, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, the ceiling at 1,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKEFIG. A THE SKY OVER MILWAUKEESECTION, 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 1,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMilwaukee, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MKETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 49.0 F, 83 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 1,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Milwaukee: temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.0, 83 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 1,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKEFIG. B THE AIR AT MILWAUKEETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,600 FTTEMPERATURE 54.0 FDEW POINT 49.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLEMilwaukee, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MKETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.

Plan of the wind at Milwaukee, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKEFIG. C THE WIND AT MILWAUKEEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMilwaukee, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MKETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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

Near West Milwaukee

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

Near West Milwaukee

River and lake gauges