Boulder Junction, Wisconsin Weather
Boulder Junction, Wisconsin — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Boulder Junction, Vilas County.
Full aviation weather for Boulder Junction is published on the Boulder Junction Payzer Airport (KBDJ) page, 3 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Boulder Junction have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Boulder Junction: Lakeland Airport Noble F Lee Memorial Field (KARV) 22 km · Kings Land O' Lakes Airport (KLNL) 34 km · Eagle River Union Airport (KEGV) 35 km · Rhinelander Oneida County Airport (KRHI) 55 km · Gogebic Iron County Airport (KIWD) 59 km
Conditions reported at KBDJ describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Boulder Junction specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Boulder Junction.
About Boulder Junction, Wisconsin
Boulder Junction rests amidst a sprawl of glacial lakes and pine-scented forests, a landscape sculpted by the slow grind of ice millennia ago. It lies 79.7 miles north of Wausau, WI (from Wausau, WI: bearing 360°T), and is situated 13.4 miles north of Arbor Vitae. The air here, especially in the early morning when mist still clings to the dark waters, carries the sharp tang of evergreen needles and the damp earth. Rolling terrain, a legacy of that ancient thaw, gives way to the shimmering expanses of Musky, Boulder, and Angel lakes, their surfaces often mirroring the vast, indifferent sky. The very character of Boulder Junction is tied to this watery embrace, to the deep woods that press in from all sides, creating a sense of serene isolation, a quietude broken only by the call of a loon or the distant hum of a boat. This land, long traversed by Ojibwe peoples, became a hub for logging in the late 19th century, the echoes of that industry still present in the weathered barns and the enduring presence of timber. Today, Boulder Junction thrives on a different kind of harvest: the bounty of its waterways and the allure of its wild spaces. It’s a place where families come to cast lines for muskellunge, where the economy is woven from fishing guides, bait shops, and the quiet hum of tourist lodges. The distinctive lure of the musky itself, a creature as formidable and elusive as the wilderness it inhabits, has become the unofficial mascot of Boulder Junction, a symbol of the untamed spirit that draws people to this northern Wisconsin outpost.
Live animated radar for Boulder Junction and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Boulder Junction, Vilas County, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 46.113283°N, 89.644595°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 54512 |
| Area Code | 715 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Boulder Junction, Wisconsin Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Boulder Junction, Wisconsin, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Boulder Junction includes coordinates 46.113283°N, 89.644595°W, situated in Vilas County. ZIP code 54512. Telephone area code: 715. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
