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Altoona, WI 54720 Weather
Current conditions
Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)
Forecast
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This Afternoon
Sunny, with a high near 73. South southeast wind around 5 mph.
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Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 55. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
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Friday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
National Weather Service forecast updated 4 hrs ago.
Hourly
Hourly forecast- Now72°
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10-day forecast
Details- TodayOct 22Sunny55°73°
- FriOct 23Mostly Sunny59°73°
- SatOct 24Partly Sunny15%52°74°
- SunOct 25Mostly Cloudy12%45°61°
- MonOct 26Chance Rain Showers31%40°53°
- TueOct 27Slight Chance Rain Showers20%43°54°
- WedOct 28Chance Rain Showers36%43°59°
- ThuOct 29Cloudy36°50°
- FriOct 30Sunny31°48°
- SatOct 31Partly cloudy37°56°
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
Acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
Forecast
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- SatModerate
Chippewa Valley and Eastern Twin Cities, WI reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.
Sun & moon
Almanac
MonthlyEau Claire Area, records since 1893. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).
Nearby
- Eau Claire 5 km
- Menomonie 39 km
- Chippewa Falls 15 km
- Lake Hallie 8 km
- Stanley 43 km
- Bloomer 33 km
- Lake Wissota 18 km
- Mondovi 32 km
- Tainter Lake 38 km
- Chetek 59 km
Forecasters' discussion
From the National Weather Service office in MPX, issued 4 hrs ago
Key Messages
- Above normal temperatures continue through Saturday, followed by near normal temperatures heading into next week
- Rain chances return Friday and remain in the forecast through the middle of next week.
Discussion
Issued at 250 AM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026
Patchy fog has developed early this morning as temperatures drop into the 40s across the region. Expect it to become dense in some locations, but improve quickly after sunrise. Today will be another beautiful fall day with mild temperatures and mostly sunny skies. Clouds will increase overnight and an area of showers may move into western Minnesota during the afternoon as a pocket of higher vorticity values spreads northeast from the Sioux Falls area. Those showers could continue further east as the latest HRRR and RRFS depict, though it is more likely that a dry boundary layer will limit the amount of rain that makes it to the surface.
It is not until Saturday that a weakening cold front attempts to sweep through the Upper Midwest. Increased moisture from the Pacific is expected to support multiple rounds of showers as the front stalls out and interacts with several upper level shortwaves heading into next week. WPC's QPF has markedly increased during the Monday timeframe, generating a strip of 0.5 to 1.0 inches from southwest towards east-central MN. While that location may shift, we can confidently say that the pattern will be changed heading into next week, especially when looking at temperatures. Highs will likely dip just below normal for Monday and Tuesday, before recovering slightly by the middle of the week.
Aviation
Issued at 102 PM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026
Solid VFR conditions expected throughout this TAF duration. SKC conditions will prevail through tonight as high pressure continues to shift E across the region. High clouds will infiltrate from the W on Friday, increasing in coverage and slowly lowering. All sites are expected to remain dry, although there is a small chance some -SHRA may move into far western MN around midday, hence the PROB30 at AXN. Winds will remain generally SE throughout, with speeds in the 5-10kt range through tonight, then becoming more breezy/gusty on Friday.
KMSP...No additional concerns.
/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/ SAT...VFR, chc -SHRA/MVFR. Wind S 10-15G25kts becoming W. SUN...VFR. Wind N 5-10kts. MON...VFR, chc -SHRA/MVFR. Wind NE 5-10 kts.
Mpx Watches
MN...None. WI...None.
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