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Big Foot Prairie, Wisconsin Weather

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

Big Foot Prairie weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Big Foot Prairie, WI
Saturday, July 4 at 10:27 AM
74
°
Overcast
Feels like
79°
Humidity
89%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
12:22 AM
Sunset
3:34 PM
Big Foot Prairie, WI
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastBig Foot Prairie, WI: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 63 to 81 degrees Fahrenheit with a 23% chance of precipitation at 6 PM.
L 63°H 81°
Big Foot Prairie, WI
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Light Drizzle
    57%
    0.02″
    81°67°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    17%
    80°63°-1°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    78°61°-2°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    81°56°+3°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    17%
    80°60°-1°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Drizzle
    48%
    0.07″
    75°65°-5°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    35%
    77°60°+2°
Big Foot Prairie, WI
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NW
319° · veering 76°
Direction
NW
319°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
17
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 17 @ 11:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 209SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Big Foot Prairie, WI
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
981.4
+0.8 mb in 3h · rising · 28.98 inHg
Now
981.4
mb
3h
+0.8
mb
12h
+1.1
mb
24h
-2.4
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 980984
975980985990-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW984.0979.6981.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Big Foot Prairie, WI
Air quality
31
AQI
Good
-1 in 6hPeak ~41 @ 9 PM

AQI 31 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). Ozone at AQI 36. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~68%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion during the projected peak around 9 PM.

PM 2.5Good
4.5μg/m³
PM 10Good
6μg/m³
NO₂Good
4μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
76μg/m³
UV IndexLow
2.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 36. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~68%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 36
UV peak
2.8 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 7

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 4.5 µg/m³ (AQI 25) with a 0.78 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.78
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Big Foot Prairie, WI
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
96%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
28.7mi
UNLIMITED
46 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
15:27 UTC · Big Foot Prairie, 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
15:27 UTC · Big Foot Prairie, WI · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Big Foot Prairie, WI
Satellite · infrared · animated
Big Foot Prairie, WI
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Big Foot Prairie, WI
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
4:49 AM
Sunrise
12:22 AM
Daylight
15h 12m
Sunset
3:34 PM
Civil dusk
9:10 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Big Foot Prairie, WI
The moon
Waning Gibbous
81% illuminated
Moonrise
10:53 PM
Moonset
9:58 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Big Foot Prairie, WI
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Big Foot Prairie at a glance

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

16-Day Forecast — Big Foot Prairie

  1. Sat81°67°57%
  2. Sun80°63°17%
  3. Mon78°61°2%
  4. Tue81°56°1%
  5. Wed80°60°17%
  6. Thu75°65°48%
  7. Fri77°60°35%
  8. Sat81°60°10%
  9. Sun66°56°11%
  10. Mon72°54°8%
  11. Tue74°58°7%
  12. Wed78°61°29%
  13. Thu82°65°14%
  14. Fri82°67°26%
  15. Sat86°68°27%
  16. Sun84°69°32%

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 — Big Foot Prairie

SPC includes Big Foot Prairie in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • 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 Big Foot Prairie

  • 53184

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.