Empire, Wisconsin Weather
Empire, Wisconsin — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Empire, Fond du Lac County.
Full aviation weather for Empire is published on the Fond du Lac County Airport (KFLD) page, 8 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 Empire 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 Empire: Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH) 30 km · West Bend Municipal Airport (KETB) 41 km · Dodge County Airport (KUNU) 43 km · Hartford Municipal Airport (KHXF) 44 km
Conditions reported at KFLD describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Empire specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Empire.
About Empire, Wisconsin
Empire, a quiet collection of homesteads and fields, breathes the slow, deep rhythm of Wisconsin’s heartland. It lies 3.5 miles south-east of Fond du Lac, WI (from Fond du Lac, WI: bearing 130°T), and is situated 6.7 miles south-east of North Fond du Lac. The land here rolls with a gentle grandeur, a landscape shaped by the patient sculpting of glaciers, where broad, fertile plains give way to the subtle rise and fall of morainal hills. Fields of ripening corn and soybeans stretch towards horizons softened by the hazy light of late afternoon, their orderly rows a testament to human endeavor against the vast, open sky. A faint scent of damp earth and sun-baked straw hangs in the air, a perfume of cultivation that speaks of generations who have coaxed sustenance from this rich, dark soil. The very air seems to hold a certain stillness, broken only by the distant hum of a tractor or the call of a hawk circling overhead, a quietude that invites contemplation. The story of Empire is written in the land itself, a narrative of pioneers drawn by the promise of rich farmland. Early settlers, their hands calloused and their spirits resilient, carved their lives from the wilderness, establishing a community rooted in agriculture. The local economy remains tethered to the bounty of the earth, with farms producing dairy, grains, and other crops that feed the wider region. While larger urban centers draw the younger generations, a steadfast core of families continues to tend the fields, their work a living connection to the past. The distinctive character of Empire lies not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people and the quiet dignity of a life lived in harmony with the seasons, a place where the past feels present in the rustle of the corn and the deep, dark loam underfoot.
Live animated radar for Empire 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 | Empire, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 43.740128°N, 88.393199°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 54937, 54935 |
| Area Code | 715 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Empire, Wisconsin Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Empire, 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 Empire includes coordinates 43.740128°N, 88.393199°W, situated in Fond du Lac County. ZIP code 54937, 54935. 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.
