Wausau, WI Weather Forecast
Marathon County, Wisconsin
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Wausau, 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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Wausau, WI at a glance
Wausau is home to about 39,968 people in Marathon County, across 19 square miles. It ranks 18th by population of 322 places in Wisconsin with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Rib Mountain, 5 miles away.
- County
- Marathon County
- Population
- 39,968 2023 est.
- Land area
- 19 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,079
- Forecast point
- 44.9618°N, 89.6465°W
How well can the network see Wausau?
The nearest Doppler radar is KGRB (Green Bay, WI), to the ESE. Its lowest scan passes about 7,100 ft above Wausau. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Wausau can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KAUW (Wausau Downtown). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Wausau
- Rib Mountain, WI5 mi
- Rothschild, WI6 mi
- Stettin, WI7 mi
- Weston, WI7 mi
- Maine, WI7 mi
- Kronenwetter, WI10 mi
- Mosinee, WI12 mi
- Merrill, WI15 mi
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