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Nelsonville, Wisconsin Weather

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

Nelsonville, WI
Friday, June 5 at 5:47 AM
69
°
Overcast
Feels like
71°
Humidity
82%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:13 AM
Sunset
8:37 PM
Nelsonville, WI
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastNelsonville, WI: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 64 to 84 degrees Fahrenheit with a 43% chance of precipitation at 4 PM.
L 64°H 84°
Nelsonville, WI
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 5
    Light Rain
    48%
    0.09″
    84°64°
  2. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Light Drizzle
    22%
    0.02″
    83°61°-1°
  3. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    76°53°-7°
  4. Monday
    Jun 8
    Showers
    69%
    0.53″
    69°59°-7°
  5. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Drizzle
    54%
    0.07″
    78°64°+9°
  6. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Thunderstorm
    18%
    86°66°+8°
  7. Thursday
    Jun 11
    Thunderstorm
    14%
    91°71°+5°
Nelsonville, WI
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WSW
256° · veering 68°
Direction
WSW
256°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
18
mph
Peak 24h
20
avg 7
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 7 · pk 20 @ 8:00a
0102030405060MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7B8B9B10-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 557SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 68° from the wsw.
Nelsonville, WI
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
973.5
+0.2 mb in 3h · steady · 28.75 inHg
Now
973.5
mb
3h
+0.2
mb
12h
-2.3
mb
24h
-5.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 973980
965970975980985-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW979.7973.3973.7
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Nelsonville, WI
Air quality
49
AQI
Good
-25 in 6h

AQI 49 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI down 25 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. Ozone at AQI 35 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 11 by mid-afternoon.

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

PM 2.5Good
6.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
7μg/m³
NO₂Good
5μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
75μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 35 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 11 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 35
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 11

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 6.0 µg/m³ (AQI 33) with a 0.88 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.88
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Nelsonville, WI
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
35.1mi
UNLIMITED
115 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
05:47 UTC ·Nelsonville, 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
05:47 UTC ·Nelsonville, WI · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Nelsonville, WI
Satellite · infrared · animated
Nelsonville, WI
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Nelsonville, WI
Almanac · Friday, June 5
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
9:39 AM
Sunrise
5:13 AM
Daylight
15h 24m
Sunset
8:37 PM
Civil dusk
2:14 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Nelsonville, WI
The moon
Waning Gibbous
79% illuminated
Moonrise
5:10 AM
Moonset
2:53 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Nelsonville, WI
Microseason
Jun 1–5

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Nelsonville at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 69°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: May 13 (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 — Nelsonville

SPC has placed Nelsonville 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 Nelsonville

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.