At a river or reservoir gauge/4.5 mi away/612 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Little Sand Bay Beach, Wisconsin
Beach in Bayfield County, Wisconsin45°
49°/43°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 37°·Moderate breeze 17 mph N
Now. Little Sand Bay Beach is 45° and mostly clear at 12 PM. With the wind it feels like 37°. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 17 mph, gusting to 33 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 47° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 59°, and the coolest Monday, near 53°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 25 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:15 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:48 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 53 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
21Air quality
68%Humidity
31%Cloud
Now
12:00 PM
45feels37
17mph
Today
Oct 16
4943
30mph
Sat
Oct 17
5441
25mph
Sun
Oct 18
5746
25mph
Mon
Oct 19
5346
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
5446
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
5949
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
5751
13%
45°
49°43°
54°41°
57°46°
53°46°
54°46°
59°49°
57°51°
As of 12:00 PM in Little Sand Bay Beach, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at Little Sand Bay Beach
Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Minnesota Arrowhead (MN), 68 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)2Good24.9 mi
- Ozone21Good24 ppb24.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 15
- 23TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Little Sand Bay Beach
0.71 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.71in
- Last 3 days
- 0.71in
Visibility
How far you can see at Little Sand Bay Beach, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NNW 330°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 45006, 57.9 mi away.
Waves at buoy 45006, West Superior
- Wave height
- 6.6 ft
- Period
- 6 s
- From
- NNE (33°)
- Swell
- 0.0 ft
- Wind waves
- 6.6 ft at 6 s from NNE
- Water
- 50 °F
- Read
- Fri 11:50 AM
- Distance
- 57.9 mi
Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11:50 AM | 6.6 ft | 6 s | NNE (33°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 6.9 ft | - | NE (35°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 7.2 ft | 6 s | NNE (25°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 6.9 ft | 6 s | NNE (23°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 7.5 ft | 7 s | NNE (22°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 6.2 ft | 6 s | NNE (20°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 5 s | NNE (31°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | NE (39°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | NE (37°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (27°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (30°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (30°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (30°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | NE (39°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 4 s | SE (135°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 4 s | SE (136°) |
Beach
- County
- Bayfield County
- State
- Wisconsin
- Latitude
- 46.9481° N
- Longitude
- 90.8867° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Little Sand Bay Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.7 mi away/1,142 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
La Pointe4R5
At an airfield/12.6 mi away/624 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/32.8 mi away/1,091 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Bayfield 5.1 NNWWI-BY-29
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/1,138 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/11.2 mi away/614 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Bayfield Fish Hatchery (BFHW3), 11.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Wisconsin
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Little Sand Bay Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- Cornucopiacommunity, 12 mi
- Apostle Islandsfeature, 14 mi
- Herbstercommunity, 18 mi
- Washburncity, 19 mi
- Bayfrontcommunity, 23 mi
- Ashlandcity, 25 mi
- Diapervillecommunity, 25 mi
- Odanahcommunity, 26 mi
- Port Wingcommunity, 26 mi
- New Odanahcommunity, 27 mi
- Franks Fieldcommunity, 31 mi
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- Cornucopia Beach12 mi
- Corny Beach12 mi
- Joni's Beach13 mi
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