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Franklin, WI Weather
Current conditions
Observed at Milwaukee, General Mitchell International Airport · 16 min ago
Forecast
10-day-
Tonight
Patchy fog after 4am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. South wind 0 to 5 mph.
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Wednesday
Patchy fog before 9am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. Southwest wind 0 to 5 mph.
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Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. West wind 0 to 5 mph.
National Weather Service forecast updated 17 hrs ago.
Hourly
Hourly forecast- Now46°
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- 9 AM49°
- 10 AM55°
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- 12 PM64°
- 1 PM67°
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- 6 PM62°
- 7 PM58°
- 8 PM56°
- 9 PM54°
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Daily forecast
Details- TueOct 20Areas Of Fog then Mostly Sunny41°66°
- TodayOct 21Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny46°69°
- ThuOct 22Sunny49°66°
- FriOct 23Mostly Sunny48°64°
- SatOct 24Partly Sunny50°66°
- SunOct 25Partly Sunny47°68°
- MonOct 26Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers15%43°63°
- TueOct 27Cloudy0.07 in42°51°
- WedOct 28Cloudy39°51°
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
Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.
Forecast
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Kenosha-Racine Lakeside, 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
MonthlyWaukesha Wwtp, records since 1894. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).
Nearby
- Milwaukee 20 km
- Kenosha 38 km
- Racine 28 km
- Waukesha 21 km
- West Allis 14 km
- Wauwatosa 18 km
- New Berlin 11 km
- Brookfield 20 km
- Greenfield 8 km
- Menomonee Falls 33 km
- Oak Creek 14 km
- Gurnee 59 km
Forecasters' discussion
From the National Weather Service office in MKX, issued 4 hrs ago
Key Messages
- Patchy dense fog may occur in eastern parts of the area later this evening into early Wednesday morning, with some dense fog into tonight/Wednesday morning over portions of the nearshore waters of Lake Michigan.
- Dry with a gradual warming trend into Saturday night/Sunday, then possibly some showers and cooler temperatures Sunday night into early next week.
Update
Issued 810 PM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026
No changes to the going forecast.
With perfectly clear skies evident on Satellite, nearly calm winds, and a remnant lake-breeze boundary washed onshore, conditions are primed for radiational cooling and (eventually) fog development later this evening into Tonight.
Sheppard
Short Term
Issued 235 PM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026
Tonight through Friday:
High pressure will shift further to the east northeast of the region tonight, with another high pressure system shifting east into and northeast of the region Thursday into Friday.
There is an area of patchy dense fog over the nearshore waters of Lake Michigan for areas north of North Point Lighthouse, which may continue to linger there into tonight. This may push back onshore tonight into early Wednesday morning for eastern portions of the area. Kept the fog mention in the forecast for eastern parts of the area for this period. Will have to watch trends to see if a Dense Fog Advisory would be needed at some point.
Otherwise, dry conditions are expected into the end of the week. Temperatures will remain above seasonal normal values as well, with highs into the upper 60s to around 70 degrees each day Wednesday into Friday. Onshore winds each day should bring slightly cooler temperatures to areas near Lake Michigan. Lows each night should rise into the middle to upper 40s by Wednesday night and Thursday night.
Wood
Long Term
Issued 235 PM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026
Friday night through Tuesday:
500 mb cluster analysis generally shows an anomalous 500 mb ridge axis developing over the region Friday night into Saturday night, before becoming more zonal Sunday into Monday. This should result in south winds maintaining warm temperatures into the weekend. There may finally be a cold front that shifts slowly southeast across the region Sunday into Sunday night or Monday. This may have enough moisture and upward vertical motion with it to bring 20 to 30 percent chances for showers.
Cold air advection behind the front with north to northeast winds may bring cooler and more seasonable temperatures for early next week. This is supported by ensemble member trends.
Wood
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