Weather StoryAlmanac, microseasons, and the day's weather story.

Cottage Grove, Wisconsin Weather

Fireflies rise from the lawn. Day 76 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Cottage Grove weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Cottage Grove, WI
Wednesday, June 3 at 10:52 PM
80
°
Clear
Feels like
74°
Humidity
22%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
5:19 AM
Sunset
8:31 PM
Cottage Grove, WI
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastCottage Grove, WI: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 56 to 84 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 56°H 84°
Cottage Grove, WI
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Mostly Clear
    81°45°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    11%
    84°56°+3°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Heavy Showers
    81%
    0.60″
    73°65°-11°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Heavy Drizzle
    68%
    0.01″
    78°63°+5°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    10%
    78°58°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    23%
    77°59°-1°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Light Drizzle
    24%
    79°67°+2°
Cottage Grove, WI
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
190° · veering 145°
Direction
S
190°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
11
mph
Peak 24h
12
avg 5
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 5 · pk 12 @ 11:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2115SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 145° from the s.
Cottage Grove, WI
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
989.6
-0.5 mb in 3h · steady · 29.22 inHg
Now
989.6
mb
3h
-0.5
mb
12h
-5.8
mb
24h
-4.1
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 988994
9809859909951000STORM|RAIN-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW993.9988.0988.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Cottage Grove, WI
Air quality
49
AQI
Moderate
+20 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 78 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. AQI up 20 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Levels should ease through evening.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
10.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
11μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
124μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
2.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 78 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 78
UV peak
2.0 at earlier today
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 78

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 10.0 µg/m³, PM10 at 10.9 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.92
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Cottage Grove, WI
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
2%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
162.1mi
UNLIMITED
166 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
22:52 UTC ·Cottage Grove, WI · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
22:52 UTC ·Cottage Grove, WI · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Cottage Grove, WI
Satellite · infrared · animated
Cottage Grove, WI
Loading IR frames…
IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Cottage Grove, WI
Almanac · Wednesday, June 3
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
9:46 AM
Sunrise
5:19 AM
Daylight
15h 12m
Sunset
8:31 PM
Civil dusk
2:06 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Cottage Grove, WI
The moon
Waning Gibbous
88% illuminated
Moonrise
4:00 AM
Moonset
12:43 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Cottage Grove, WI
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies rise from the lawn

plant
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Cottage Grove at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 8°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 5 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 3, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Cottage Grove

SPC has placed Cottage Grove in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms day after tomorrow.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3MRGLMarginal Risk

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Cottage Grove

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.