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Sand Pillow, Wisconsin Weather

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Sand Pillow weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Sand Pillow, WI
Thursday, June 4 at 5:37 AM
61
°
Overcast
Feels like
58°
Humidity
53%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
5:20 AM
Sunset
8:42 PM
Sand Pillow, WI
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastSand Pillow, WI: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 57 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit with a 47% chance of precipitation at 2 PM.
L 57°H 85°
Sand Pillow, WI
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    47%
    85°57°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Heavy Drizzle
    51%
    0.03″
    79°64°-6°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Drizzle
    34%
    82°62°+3°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    82°58°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Showers
    41%
    77°64°-5°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Heavy Drizzle
    35%
    0.02″
    82°68°+5°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Overcast
    18%
    85°66°+3°
Sand Pillow, WI
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SE
135° · veering 120°
Direction
SE
135°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
15
avg 6
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 6 · pk 15 @ 4:00a
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 293SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 120° from the se.
Sand Pillow, WI
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
986.5
-1.2 mb in 3h · falling · 29.13 inHg
Now
986.5
mb
3h
-1.2
mb
12h
-4.3
mb
24h
-7.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 985994
9809859909951000STORM|RAIN-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW993.9985.3985.3
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Sand Pillow, WI
Air quality
57
AQI
Good
-14 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 42. AQI down 14 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning). Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

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

PM 2.5Good
6.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
7μg/m³
NO₂Good
3μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
89μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 42. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 42
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 9

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 6.9 µg/m³ (AQI 38) with a 0.95 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.95
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Sand Pillow, WI
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
89%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
69.1mi
UNLIMITED
137 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
05:37 UTC ·Sand Pillow, 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
05:37 UTC ·Sand Pillow, WI · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Sand Pillow, WI
Satellite · infrared · animated
Sand Pillow, WI
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Sand Pillow, WI
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:46 AM
Sunrise
5:20 AM
Daylight
15h 22m
Sunset
8:42 PM
Civil dusk
2:18 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Sand Pillow, WI
The moon
Waning Gibbous
87% illuminated
Moonrise
4:48 AM
Moonset
1:51 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Sand Pillow, WI
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Prairie lightning bugs rise

bird
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Sand Pillow at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 10°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 12 (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 4, 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 — Sand Pillow

SPC has placed Sand Pillow in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
  • 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 Sand Pillow

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.