Cornucopia, Wisconsin Weather
Cornucopia, Wisconsin — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cornucopia, Bayfield County.
Full aviation weather for Cornucopia is published on the John F Kennedy Memorial Airport (KASX) page, 37 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. 3 airfields within reach of Cornucopia 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 Cornucopia: Bayfield County Airport (KY77) 41 km · Richard B Helgeson Airport (KTWM) 53 km
Conditions reported at KASX describe the airfield itself. Weather 37 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cornucopia specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cornucopia.
About Cornucopia, Wisconsin
Cornucopia exists as a quiet exhale on the southern shore of the vast Lake Superior, a place where the land slopes gently towards the water's edge, a soft green velvet meeting the cool, grey depths. It lies 47.8 miles east of Duluth, MN (from Duluth, MN: bearing 84°T), and is situated 15.9 miles north-west of Washburn. The air here carries the constant, subtle perfume of pine needles and the mineral tang of the lake, a scent that seems to cling to everything, from the weathered clapboard of the buildings to the very dust on the unpaved lanes. Jagged outcrops of ancient rock punctuate the shoreline, remnants of a geological past, their dark surfaces softened by moss and the persistent embrace of tenacious ferns. The sky above is a canvas of ever-shifting moods, sometimes a brilliant, piercing blue that mirrors the lake’s shallows, at other times a bruised expanse of grey, heavy with the promise of rain that will drum a steady rhythm on tin roofs. The history of Cornucopia is as much about the land as it is about the people who have sought their living from it, a story etched in the sturdy timber of old fishing boats and the quiet resilience of a community that has always answered to the lake's powerful call. Once a bustling hub for logging and fishing, its economic pulse now beats with a gentler, more tourist-focused rhythm, drawing visitors who seek the unvarnished beauty of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, accessible by boat from its harbor. The iconic red lighthouse, a stoic sentinel against the northern winds, still stands, a silent witness to generations of mariners and the ebb and flow of a life intrinsically tied to the Great Lake. Local traditions, whispered in the salty air, speak of hardy folk and a deep respect for the natural world that has shaped Cornucopia into its unique, enduring character.
Live animated radar for Cornucopia 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 | Cornucopia, Bayfield County, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 46.853821°N, 91.101853°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 54827 |
| Area Code | 715 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cornucopia, Wisconsin Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cornucopia, 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 Cornucopia includes coordinates 46.853821°N, 91.101853°W, situated in Bayfield County. ZIP code 54827. 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.
