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West Salem, Wisconsin

Village in La Crosse County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at West Salem

Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Driftless Area North (WI), 13 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone14Good20 ppb10.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 14, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at West Salem

0.70 in in the last 24 hours, 0.75 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.70in
Last 3 days
0.75in

Visibility

How far you can see at West Salem, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest West Salem, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

La CrosseLSRW3

At a river or reservoir gauge/7.6 mi away/1,269 ft/521 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank638of 1,313

La CrosseLSE

At an airfield/8.4 mi away/650 ft/98 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank563of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

West SalemWSLW3

At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/745 ft/3 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at La Crosse, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.4 mi from West Salem, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,600 ft; the ceiling is 1,600 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over La Crosse, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, the ceiling at 1,600 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LSEFIG. A THE SKY OVER LA CROSSESECTION, 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: 9 MI0510TITLELa Crosse, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LSETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LSE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,600 ft.

Chart of the air at La Crosse: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LSEFIG. B THE AIR AT LA CROSSETHE 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 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,600 FTTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 46.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLELa Crosse, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LSETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LSE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 22 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at La Crosse, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 22 miles an hour, gusting 31; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LSEFIG. C THE WIND AT LA CROSSEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 31 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELa Crosse, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LSETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LSE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of La Crosse, 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 Salem

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

Near West Salem

River and lake gauges