Bruce, Wisconsin Weather
Bruce, Wisconsin — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bruce, Rusk County.
Full aviation weather for Bruce is published on the Rusk County Airport (KRCX) page, 22 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. 5 airfields within reach of Bruce 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 Bruce: Chetek Municipal Southworth Airport (KY23) 33 km · Rice Lake Regional Airport - Carl's Field (KRPD) 39 km · Cumberland Municipal Airport (KUBE) 55 km · Shell Lake Municipal Airport (KSSQ) 59 km
Conditions reported at KRCX describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bruce specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bruce.
About Bruce, Wisconsin
Bruce rests on a land sculpted by the slow, patient work of glaciers, its terrain a gentle push and pull of rolling hills and shallow valleys that cradle the rich, dark earth. It lies 26.9 miles north of Chippewa, WI (from Chippewa, WI: bearing 2°T), and is situated 8.2 miles west of Ladysmith. Pine and oak trees, their branches a filigree against the often-grey Wisconsin sky, dominate the landscape, their needles carpeting the ground with a soft, fragrant layer. The air here carries a clean, cool scent, especially in the late afternoons when the sun, if it breaks through the clouds, casts long, buttery shadows across the fields and forests. Small streams, barely more than whispers of water, meander through the land, their banks often fringed with ferns and the hardy, determined growth of river birch. The history of Bruce is intrinsically tied to the bounty of the surrounding woodlands and the fertile soil. Logging once echoed through these hills, the scent of sawdust a constant companion, and many of the older homes, with their sturdy timber frames, bear witness to that industrious past. Today, agriculture holds sway, with fields of corn and soybeans stretching across the landscape, their green and gold hues a vibrant contrast to the deep green of the evergreens. The local economy, while modest, finds its strength in this connection to the land, supplemented by small businesses that serve the needs of the farming families and the occasional traveler. There's a quiet resilience in Bruce, a rhythm dictated less by the clock and more by the turning of the seasons and the steady pulse of the earth.
Live animated radar for Bruce 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 | Bruce, Rusk County, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 45.456909°N, 91.273211°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 54819 |
| Area Code | 715 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bruce, Wisconsin Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bruce, 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 Bruce includes coordinates 45.456909°N, 91.273211°W, situated in Rusk County. ZIP code 54819. 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.
