Chetek, WI Weather

Barron County1:13 PM CDT45.31°N, 91.65°WElevation 1,050 ft

Current conditions

Sunny
69°
Sunny
Feels like 69°
High 73°·Low 52°
WindSSE 5 mph gusts 12 mph
Humidity57%
Dew point53°
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover1%
UV index3 Moderate
Sunrise7:33 AM
Sunset6:11 PM

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

Forecast

10-day
  • Today

    Sunny. High near 73, with temperatures falling to around 70 in the afternoon. South southeast wind around 5 mph.

  • Tonight

    Mostly clear, with a low around 52. Southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Friday

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. South southeast wind 0 to 10 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 2 hrs ago.

  1. Now Sunny 69°
  2. 2 PM Sunny 70°
  3. 3 PM Sunny 72°
  4. 4 PM Sunny 72°
  5. 5 PM Sunny 70°
  6. 6 PM Clear 66°
  7. 7 PM Clear 62°
  8. 8 PM Clear 59°
  9. 9 PM Clear 57°
  10. 10 PM Clear 55°
  11. 11 PM Clear 54°
  12. Fri12 AM Mostly Clear 54°
  13. 1 AM Partly Cloudy 54°
  14. 2 AM Partly Cloudy 54°
  15. 3 AM Partly Cloudy 54°
  16. 4 AM Partly Cloudy 53°
  17. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 53°
  18. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 53°
  19. 7 AM Mostly Sunny 53°
  20. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 53°
  21. 9 AM Sunny 56°
  22. 10 AM Sunny 60°
  23. 11 AM Mostly Sunny 65°
  24. 12 PM Mostly Sunny 68°

Daily forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 22 Sunny Sunny52°73°
  2. FriOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny58°72°
  3. SatOct 24 Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers30%49°74°
  4. SunOct 25 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers46%41°58°
  5. MonOct 26 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers47%36°51°
  6. TueOct 27 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers32%37°52°
  7. WedOct 28 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers27%39°56°
  8. ThuOct 29 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny34°44°

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

54
Moderate
Fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Forecast

  • ThuModerate
  • FriModerate
  • 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

Sunrise 7:33 AM
Sunset 6:11 PM
Daylight 10 h 38 min (−2 min 59 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 87% lit
Moonrise 4:23 PM Moonset 3:27 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low53° / 33°
Record high81° (2024)
Record low18° (1982)
Wettest1.85 in (1979)
Month to date1.15 in (normal 2.15 in)

Bloomer, records since 1944. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in MPX, issued 7 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 542 AM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

Patchy fog is dropping visibilities as low as 1/4SM this morning, though the majority of observations range from 3 to 7SM. Fog will continue for the first 2-3 hours of the period, improving shortly after sunrise. Some high level clouds will begin to stream in from the west near the end of the period, otherwise clear skies are expected for today again.

Winds will remain out of the southeast at or below 10 kts,

KMSP...Visibilities have been steady at 7SM early this morning, though a couple more hours of cooling could allow KMSP to drop to 6SM briefly between 12-14z.

/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/ FRI...VFR. Wind SE 10-15G25kts. SAT...VFR, chc -SHRA/MVFR. Wind SSW 10-15G25kts. SUN...VFR, chc -SHRA/MVFR late. Wind N 5kts.

Mpx Watches

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

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