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Beaver Dam, Wisconsin Weather

Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Beaver Dam, WI
Saturday, July 4 at 6:21 PM
79
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
83°
Humidity
74%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
12:20 AM
Sunset
3:39 PM
Beaver Dam, WI
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastBeaver Dam, WI: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 65 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 65°H 82°
Beaver Dam, WI
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    18%
    79°68°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    82°65°+3°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Clear
    77°60°-5°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    80°57°+3°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Thunderstorm
    47%
    0.01″
    78°65°-2°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Showers
    52%
    73°64°-5°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    13%
    77°59°+4°
Beaver Dam, WI
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNE
031° · veering 160°
Direction
NNE
031°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
10
mph
Peak 24h
16
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 16 @ 8:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2211SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 160° from the nne.
Beaver Dam, WI
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
981.3
-1.0 mb in 3h · falling · 28.98 inHg
Now
981.3
mb
3h
-1.0
mb
12h
-0.2
mb
24h
+0.2
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 981983
975980985990-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW983.3981.2981.4
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Beaver Dam, WI
Air quality
38
AQI
Good
+14 in 6h

AQI 38 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI up 14 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). Ozone at AQI 34 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

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

PM 2.5Good
3.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
3μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
73μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.9

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 34 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 34
UV peak
0.7 at earlier today
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 34
Beaver Dam, WI
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
32%
MOSTLY CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
42.8mi
UNLIMITED
48 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
23:21 UTC · Beaver Dam, WI · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
23:21 UTC · Beaver Dam, WI · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Beaver Dam, WI
Satellite · infrared · animated
Beaver Dam, WI
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Beaver Dam, WI
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
4:45 AM
Sunrise
12:20 AM
Daylight
15h 19m
Sunset
3:39 PM
Civil dusk
9:15 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Beaver Dam, WI
The moon
Waning Gibbous
78% illuminated
Moonrise
10:55 PM
Moonset
9:57 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Beaver Dam, WI
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Beaver Dam at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 11°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 7 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 53916

16-Day Forecast — Beaver Dam

  1. Sat79°68°18%
  2. Sun82°65°3%
  3. Mon77°60°1%
  4. Tue80°57°3%
  5. Wed78°65°47%
  6. Thu73°64°52%
  7. Fri77°59°13%
  8. Sat74°58°10%
  9. Sun76°54°7%
  10. Mon73°53°7%
  11. Tue79°57°8%
  12. Wed78°62°23%
  13. Thu80°61°24%
  14. Fri80°65°22%
  15. Sat71°60°29%
  16. Sun74°53°23%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 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 — Beaver Dam

SPC includes Beaver Dam in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
  • DAY 3NONENo severe risk

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

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 Beaver Dam

  • 53916

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.