Lafayette, WI Weather Forecast
Chippewa County, Wisconsin
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Lafayette, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Lafayette, WI at a glance
Lafayette is home to about 6,305 people in Chippewa County, across 35 square miles. It ranks 148th by population of 322 places in Wisconsin with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Chippewa Falls, 5 miles away.
- County
- Chippewa County
- Population
- 6,305 2023 est.
- Land area
- 35 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 183
- Forecast point
- 44.9078°N, 91.2951°W
How well can the network see Lafayette?
The nearest Doppler radar is KARX (La Crosse, WI), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 6,300 ft above Lafayette. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Lafayette can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KEAU (Eau Claire/Chippewa Valley Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Lafayette
- Chippewa Falls, WI5 mi
- Seymour, WI6 mi
- Lake Hallie, WI6 mi
- Altoona, WI10 mi
- Eagle Point, WI11 mi
- Eau Claire, WI12 mi
- Washington, WI13 mi
- Wheaton, WI13 mi
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