Richland Center, WI 53581 Weather

Richland County12:02 AM CDT43.37°N, 90.43°W

Current conditions

Partly Cloudy
59°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like 59°
High 74°·Low 53° tonight
WindSE 8 mph gusts 15 mph
Humidity64%
Dew point47°
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover44%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:27 AM
Sunset6:06 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Mostly cloudy. Low around 53, with temperatures rising to around 55 overnight. Southeast wind around 8 mph.

  • Saturday

    Partly sunny. High near 74, with temperatures falling to around 72 in the afternoon. South wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

  • Saturday Night

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. South wind 2 to 9 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 17 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Partly Cloudy 59°
  2. 1 AM Partly Cloudy 58°
  3. 2 AM Mostly Cloudy 57°
  4. 3 AM Mostly Cloudy 56°
  5. 4 AM Mostly Cloudy 55°
  6. 5 AM Mostly Cloudy 55°
  7. 6 AM Partly Sunny 55°
  8. 7 AM Partly Sunny 53°
  9. 8 AM Partly Sunny 55°
  10. 9 AM Partly Sunny 56°
  11. 10 AM Partly Sunny 61°
  12. 11 AM Mostly Cloudy 64°
  13. 12 PM Mostly Cloudy 68°
  14. 1 PM Partly Sunny 70°
  15. 2 PM Partly Sunny 71°
  16. 3 PM Partly Sunny 72°
  17. 4 PM Mostly Sunny 73°
  18. 5 PM Sunny 72°
  19. 6 PM Mostly Clear 70°
  20. 7 PM Partly Cloudy 67°
  21. 8 PM Partly Cloudy 63°
  22. 9 PM Partly Cloudy 62°
  23. 10 PM Mostly Cloudy 61°
  24. 11 PM Mostly Cloudy 61°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. FriOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny53°74°
  2. TodayOct 24 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny52°74°
  3. SunOct 25 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny47°69°
  4. MonOct 26 Mostly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy10%42°61°
  5. TueOct 27 Slight Chance Rain Showers Slight Chance Rain Showers18%45°60°
  6. WedOct 28 Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers41%46°66°
  7. ThuOct 29 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers41%41°63°
  8. FriOct 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy33°48°
  9. SatOct 31 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny32°56°
  10. SunNov 1 Sunny Sunny47°62°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

52
Moderate
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Forecast

  • SatModerate
  • SunModerate
  • MonGood

Driftless Area South, WI reporting area · 2 hrs ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:27 AM
Sunset 6:06 PM
Daylight 10 h 38 min (−2 min 46 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 95% lit
Moonrise 4:58 PM Moonset 5:41 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low57° / 36°
Month to date2.72 in (normal 1.88 in)

Lone Rock Tri County Ap, records since 1948. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in ARX, issued 4 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Low potential for light rainfall this afternoon/evening and again late Saturday, but mostly dry conditions continue through Sunday.

- Greater rainfall potential exists Monday into Tuesday (40-70%) though the heaviest rain amounts look to stay northwest of the area. Additional potential exists mid next week.

- Temperatures trend cooler next week, but look to remain above normal.

Discussion

Issued at 100 PM CDT Fri Oct 23 2026

This Afternoon - Sunday: Mostly Dry, Low Precipitation Potential

Primarily dry conditions continue throughout the rest of this afternoon and through much of the weekend as upper level ridging slowly shifts eastward. However, an area of shortwave energy reflected at 700-500hPa currently over the north-central Iowa/south- central Minnesota is expected to continue lifting northward along the western side of the ridge this afternoon into the evening. 700- 500hPa positive vorticity advection and 700hPa frontogenesis associated with this shortwave trough combined with some modest mid to upper level moisture advection may result in scattered sprinkles to light showers this afternoon. Not expecting much in the way of impacts, if we even see rain at the surface at all, as dry air below 10kft depicted in RRFS/RAP/HRRR soundings acts to evaporate the bulk of any rain as it falls. However, there have been observations of light rain associated with these forcings upstream so a few hundreths of rain does not appear unreasonable.

While the shortwave trough continues working its way across our area tonight, a strong upper level low moves eastward across Canada, dragging a cold front into the Upper Midwest by late Saturday. This feature stalls out across Minnesota into northern Wisconsin as it becomes separated from the upper level support, remaining somewhere north of I-90 into Sunday. Weak moisture advects along this boundary under southerly flow as various shortwave troughs eject northward from a cutoff low across the Desert Southwest, promoting some low chances for light rain late Saturday through Sunday (10-20%).

Next Week: Greater Precipitation Potential, Trending Cooler

The stalled cold front begins to slowly sag southward late Sunday into early next week, allowing cooler air to filter into the region. There's still some uncertainty regarding what temperatures will ultimately be due to variations in how far south the boundary makes it and the influence from potential rainfall, but the 23.13z NBM mean suggests highs top out in the upper 50s to low 60s.

Aviation

Issued at 706 PM CDT Fri Oct 23 2026

Ongoing light rain scattered in nature expected to exit east of the forecast area through the evening hours. Besides low potential for FG impacts in River Valleys overnight, subsequent widespread flight impacts possible Saturday night into Sunday morning.

Arx Watches

WI...None. MN...None. IA...None.

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