Wisconsin Rapids, WI Weather Forecast
Wood County, Wisconsin
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Wisconsin Rapids, 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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Wisconsin Rapids, WI at a glance
Wisconsin Rapids is home to about 18,670 people in Wood County, across 14 square miles. It ranks 47th by population of 322 places in Wisconsin with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Grand Rapids, 4 miles away.
- County
- Wood County
- Population
- 18,670 2023 est.
- Land area
- 14 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,344
- Forecast point
- 44.3929°N, 89.8267°W
How well can the network see Wisconsin Rapids?
The nearest Doppler radar is KARX (La Crosse, WI), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 6,700 ft above Wisconsin Rapids. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Wisconsin Rapids can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KISW (Wisconsin Rapids/S Wood Cnty). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Wisconsin Rapids
- Grand Rapids, WI4 mi
- Saratoga, WI7 mi
- Rome, WI13 mi
- Plover, WI15 mi
- Stevens Point, WI16 mi
- Hull, WI18 mi
- Stockton, WI21 mi
- Marshfield, WI25 mi
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