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WISCONSIN · TAYLOR COUNTY

Whittlesey

97 people, 1,520 ft above sea level in Taylor County.

1,520 ftElevation, city center
97People, 2024 estimate
1 sq miLand area
Clear 35°
Clear now Dew point 28° · Calm · high 34°
City of Whittlesey River Interstate 2 miles
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The Whittlesey plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Whittlesey

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 5:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW Wausau Downtown Airport (KAUW) · 5:54 PM
Clear
35° Clear Feels like 35° · high of 34° near 6 PM
WindCalmno gusts
Humidity75%rising to 100% by morning
Pressure30.27 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 28° · Dryabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Partly cloudy
Wednesday30% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINNov. 110.04 in · 3 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Taylor County
NWS La Crosse and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 6:48 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:58 AM4:33 PM ↓
9 h 35 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 27% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
20
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
Tomorrow: None, good. No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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SUNDAY, NOV. 15
MONDAY, NOV. 16
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 22 to 34°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 41° / 26°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
34° 22°
0% rain — NW 1 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
47° 26°
0% rain — SW 1 A
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
49° 34°
0% rain — SW 9 A
TUE Nov. 17 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
54° 38°
0% rain — S 10 A
WED Nov. 18 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
54° 45°
30% rain — S 12 B
THU Nov. 19 Chance of showers Chance of showers
55° 38°
40% rain up to 0.06″ W 9 B
FRI Nov. 20 Showers likely Showers likely
53° 45°
60% rain up to 0.4″ SE 9 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Whittlesey about 5,000 feet above the ground was over British Columbia three days ago, and over the Canadian Prairies a day ago, about 2,220 miles back along its path. It came down from about 12,100 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from British Columbia; at 10,000 feet, from the open Pacific. It has stayed over land, which is why it feels dry. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Whittlesey stands on

Whittlesey’s center stands about 1,520 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,440 ft to 1,590 ft, a difference of 150 ft: gently rolling country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Spokes Hill, about 1,790 ft, 13 miles north-northeast.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Mafic to felsic metavolcanic rocks, from the Paleoproterozoic, 1.6 to 2.5 billion years old.

Little Black to Hill, cut in half

A section southwest to northeast, 24 miles through the town center
1,400 ft1,500 ft1,600 ft1,700 ft WHITTLESEY1,520 ftLow point1,370 ftMedford1,450 ftHigh point of the line1,740 ft ← SW · Little BlackHill · NE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 52×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Mafic to felsic metavolcanic rocks

Metavolcanic. Age: Paleoproterozoic, 1.6 to 2.5 billion years old. About 24 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Whittlesey’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Whittlesey reaches the Gulf of America by way of the Black River, the Dodge Chute and the Mississippi: about 1,860 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Whittlesey≈ 1,860 mi · the Gulf of America
FROM THE CENTER OF WHITTLESEY ≈ 1,860 mi to the Gulf of America Black River → Dodge Chute → Mississippi

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Whittlesey; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Whittlesey on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Wausau WI · 38 MI 38 miles southeast Marshfield WI · 39 MI 39 miles south St. Paul MN · 137 MI 137 miles west Minneapolis MN · 145 MI 145 miles west Madison WI · 154 MI 154 miles south Milwaukee WI · 189 MI 189 miles southeast
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WISCONSIN · TAYLOR

Whittlesey

97 people, 1,520 ft above sea level in Taylor County.

1,520 ftElevation
97People
1 sq miLand
Clear 35°
ClearDew point 28°
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Today in Whittlesey

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly clear night 34° 0%
9p mostly clear night 28° 0%
12a mostly clear night 25° 0%
3a mostly clear night 24° 0%
6a mostly clear night 22° 0%
9a mostly sunny 30° 0%
Partly cloudy
NEXT RAINWednesday · 30%
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Wed30%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
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Thu40%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
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Fri60%
Showers likely Showers likely
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Whittlesey stands on

Whittlesey’s center stands about 1,520 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,440 ft to 1,590 ft, a difference of 150 ft: gently rolling country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Spokes Hill, about 1,790 ft, 13 miles north-northeast.

Whittlesey, southwest to northeast Whittlesey1,520 ft ← SWNE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 99×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center1,520 ft
Within 3 miles1,440 to 1,590 ft
Lie of the landGently rolling (150 ft of relief)
High point nearbySpokes Hill, 1,790 ft, 13 mi north-northeast
Rock at the surfaceMafic to felsic metavolcanic rocks
Its agePaleoproterozoic, 1.6 to 2.5 billion years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 1,860 mito the Gulf of AmericaBlack River → Dodge Chute → Mississippi

A raindrop that lands in Whittlesey reaches the Gulf of America by way of the Black River, the Dodge Chute and the Mississippi: about 1,860 river miles.