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Lake Geneva, Wisconsin Weather

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Lake Geneva weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Lake Geneva, WI
Thursday, June 4 at 2:26 AM
66
°
Clear
Feels like
62°
Humidity
39%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:17 AM
Sunset
8:26 PM
Lake Geneva, WI
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastLake Geneva, WI: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 56 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 56°H 85°
Lake Geneva, WI
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Overcast
    81°47°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    85°56°+4°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Rain
    79%
    0.17″
    77°67°-8°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Showers
    53%
    0.10″
    84°64°+7°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Foggy
    78°60°-6°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Showers
    18%
    0.04″
    75°63°-3°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Drizzle
    21%
    0.04″
    82°69°+7°
Lake Geneva, WI
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SE
142° · backing 83°
Direction
SE
142°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
13
mph
Peak 24h
13
avg 5
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 5 · pk 13 @ 9:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 217SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 83° from the se.
Lake Geneva, WI
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
985.7
-0.5 mb in 3h · steady · 29.11 inHg
Now
985.7
mb
3h
-0.5
mb
12h
-5.5
mb
24h
-5.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 985993
9809859909951000STORM|RAIN-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW992.7984.7985.7
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Lake Geneva, WI
Air quality
88
AQI
Moderate
+45 in 6h

PM2.5 at 11.8 µg/m³ (AQI 56) with a 0.89 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust. AQI up 45 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
11.8μg/m³
PM 10Good
13μg/m³
NO₂Good
17μg/m³
OzoneModerate
88μg/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
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 5

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 11.8 µg/m³ (AQI 56) with a 0.89 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.89
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Lake Geneva, WI
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
105.2mi
UNLIMITED
152 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
02:26 UTC ·Lake Geneva, 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
02:26 UTC ·Lake Geneva, WI · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Lake Geneva, WI
Satellite · infrared · animated
Lake Geneva, WI
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Lake Geneva, WI
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:45 AM
Sunrise
5:17 AM
Daylight
15h 09m
Sunset
8:26 PM
Civil dusk
2:01 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Lake Geneva, WI
The moon
Waning Gibbous
88% illuminated
Moonrise
4:32 AM
Moonset
1:47 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Lake Geneva, WI
Microseason
Jun 1–5

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Lake Geneva at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 6°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 1 (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 — Lake Geneva

SPC has placed Lake Geneva 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 Lake Geneva

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.