Tainter Lake, Wisconsin Weather
Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Tainter Lake weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 4Drizzle41%0.03″85°65°—
- SundayJul 5Heavy Rain27%1.7″83°66°-2°
- MondayJul 6Light Drizzle——81°64°-2°
- TuesdayJul 7T-storm w/ Hail12%0.01″82°64°+1°
- WednesdayJul 8Heavy Showers58%2.2″72°60°-10°
- ThursdayJul 9Overcast58%—78°56°+6°
- FridayJul 10Light Drizzle—0.06″72°59°-6°
AQI 37 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 13.4 µg/m³ (AQI 59) with a 0.71 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 44 now. With UV 7.0 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 29 around 1 PM.
- Present
- AQI 44
- UV peak
- 7.0 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- partly cloudy
- Projected peak
- AQI 29
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 13.4 µg/m³ (AQI 59) with a 0.71 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.71
- Wind
- calm
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
- Moonrise
- 11:10 PM
- Moonset
- 10:07 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Cicadas claim the afternoon
Tainter Lake at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 14°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 16 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
16-Day Forecast — Tainter Lake
- Sat85°65°41%
- Sun83°66°27%
- Mon81°64°3%
- Tue82°64°12%
- Wed72°60°58%
- Thu78°56°58%
- Fri72°59°9%
- Sat75°54°11%
- Sun77°55°16%
- Mon77°55°6%
- Tue81°61°8%
- Wed81°66°18%
- Thu81°65°13%
- Fri76°62°19%
- Sat68°59°29%
- Sun78°55°29%
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 — Tainter Lake
SPC includes Tainter Lake in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.
- TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
- DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
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 Tainter Lake
- 54751
- 54730