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Westby, Wisconsin

City in Vernon County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Westby

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Driftless Area North (WI), 31 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
  • Ozone15Good17 ppb20.3 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Westby

1.05 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.05in
Last 3 days
1.05in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Westby, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ViroquaY51

At an airfield/5.5 mi away/1,283 ft/3 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,263of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Westby 0.4 EWI-VR-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/1,283 ft/3 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

ViroquaVQAW3

At a cooperative observer's station/6.6 mi away/1,283 ft/3 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank207of 1,313

Station report

The weather at Citizen station KB2UHF-8, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 11.2 mi from Westby, Wisconsin. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the west northwest (293 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station KB2UHF-8, north up: blowing from 293 degrees, the west northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KB2UHF-8FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION KB2UHF-8PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 293°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station KB2UHF-8, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP KB2UHF-8TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KB2UHF8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,097 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.75 inHg and the temperature at 55.1 F; the station's altimeter setting of 29.92 inHg means its barometer reads 28.75 inHg; it reports 48.0 F, 7.1 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station KB2UHF-8 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,097 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.75 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.1 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 29.92 and the station pressure it means, 28.75.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KB2UHF-8FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION KB2UHF-8 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION KB2UHF-84 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,097 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.75 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.1 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED29.92 inHgITS BAROMETER READS28.75 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED48.0 FTITLECitizen station KB2UHF-8, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP KB2UHF-8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KB2UHF8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 37 degrees above the horizon at 43.54 N, and the day is 10 h 50 min long. Level ground there takes 61 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station KB2UHF-8, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 37 degrees above the horizon, against 70 at the June solstice, 46 at the equinoxes and 23 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 50 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KB2UHF-8FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION KB2UHF-8ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 70°EQUINOXES 46°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 23°OCT 16, 37°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 50 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 61 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 43.54 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station KB2UHF-8, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP KB2UHF-8TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KB2UHF8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station KB2UHF-8, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Viroqua (VQAW3), 6.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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