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Junction City, Wisconsin Weather

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Junction City weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Junction City, WI
Friday, June 5 at 12:31 AM
79
°
Overcast
Feels like
82°
Humidity
63%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:15 AM
Sunset
8:39 PM
Junction City, WI
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastJunction City, WI: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 63 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit with a 55% chance of precipitation at 8 PM.
L 63°H 82°
Junction City, WI
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Light Drizzle
    73%
    0.03″
    83°56°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Light Drizzle
    55%
    0.02″
    82°63°-1°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Foggy
    23%
    80°60°-2°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    14%
    77°55°-3°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    64%
    0.02″
    70°60°-7°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Light Drizzle
    54%
    79°65°+9°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Thunderstorm
    18%
    86°66°+7°
Junction City, WI
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WSW
258° · veering 63°
Direction
WSW
258°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
11
mph
Peak 24h
22
avg 8
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT 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 8 · pk 22 @ 12:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2214SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 63° from the wsw.
Junction City, WI
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
972.0
-1.4 mb in 3h · falling · 28.70 inHg
Now
972.0
mb
3h
-1.4
mb
12h
-4.3
mb
24h
-5.9
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 971977
965970975980985-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW977.0971.1971.1
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Junction City, WI
Air quality
71
AQI
Moderate
+24 in 6h

PM scrubbed by 3 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 9.2 µg/m³, PM10 to 10.3 µg/m³. AQI up 24 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
9.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneUnhealthy SG
108μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.1

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 51 now. With UV 0.1 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 9 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 51
UV peak
0.1 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 9

PM × Wind × Precip

PM scrubbed by 3 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 9.2 µg/m³, PM10 to 10.3 µg/m³.

PM2.5/PM10
0.89
Wind
light
Recent rain
3h in last 6h
Pattern
washed out
Junction City, WI
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
89.1mi
UNLIMITED
101 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
00:31 UTC ·Junction City, 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
00:31 UTC ·Junction City, WI · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Junction City, WI
Satellite · infrared · animated
Junction City, WI
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Junction City, WI
Almanac · Friday, June 5
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
9:40 AM
Sunrise
5:15 AM
Daylight
15h 24m
Sunset
8:39 PM
Civil dusk
2:16 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Junction City, WI
The moon
Waning Gibbous
81% illuminated
Moonrise
5:12 AM
Moonset
2:55 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Junction City, WI
Microseason
Jun 1–5

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fungi
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Junction City at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 9°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 14 (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 5, 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 — Junction City

SPC has placed Junction City in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
  • DAY 3NONENo severe 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 Junction City

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.