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West Baraboo, Wisconsin Weather

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West Baraboo weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

West Baraboo, WI
Thursday, June 4 at 12:04 AM
79
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
73°
Humidity
21%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
5:19 AM
Sunset
8:34 PM
West Baraboo, WI
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastWest Baraboo, WI: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 59 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 59°H 85°
West Baraboo, WI
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Overcast
    83°46°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Heavy Drizzle
    23%
    0.09″
    85°59°+2°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Heavy Showers
    84%
    1.6″
    74°64°-11°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Drizzle
    55%
    79°63°+5°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    10%
    78°58°-1°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    26%
    74°59°-4°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Light Drizzle
    23%
    76°67°+2°
West Baraboo, WI
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSE
163° · backing 177°
Direction
SSE
163°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
12
mph
Peak 24h
14
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 14 @ 10:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2213SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 177° from the sse.
West Baraboo, WI
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
985.0
-2.2 mb in 3h · falling rapidly · 29.09 inHg
Now
985.0
mb
3h
-2.2
mb
12h
-7.6
mb
24h
-6.5
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 983991
9759809859909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW990.8982.8982.8
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
West Baraboo, WI
Air quality
63
AQI
Hazardous
+31 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 500. AQI up 31 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~60%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

AVOID OUTDOORS Avoid outdoor exertion. Keep windows closed; use HEPA filtration indoors if available.

PM 2.5Good
9.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
9μg/m³
NO₂Good
3μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
106μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 500. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~60%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 500
UV peak
0.2 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 60

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 9.0 µg/m³, PM10 at 9.4 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.96
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
West Baraboo, WI
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
33%
MOSTLY CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
161.7mi
UNLIMITED
168 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
00:04 UTC ·West Baraboo, 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
00:04 UTC ·West Baraboo, WI · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
West Baraboo, WI
Satellite · infrared · animated
West Baraboo, WI
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
West Baraboo, WI
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:46 AM
Sunrise
5:19 AM
Daylight
15h 15m
Sunset
8:34 PM
Civil dusk
2:10 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
West Baraboo, WI
The moon
Waning Gibbous
88% illuminated
Moonrise
4:40 AM
Moonset
1:49 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
West Baraboo, WI
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies rise from the lawn

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Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

West Baraboo at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 7°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 7 (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 — West Baraboo

SPC has placed West Baraboo 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 West Baraboo

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.