Harshaw, Wisconsin Weather
Harshaw, Wisconsin — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Harshaw, Oneida County.
Full aviation weather for Harshaw is published on the Rhinelander Oneida County Airport (KRHI) page, 15 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 Harshaw 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 Harshaw: Tomahawk Regional Airport (KTKV) 25 km · Lakeland Airport Noble F Lee Memorial Field (KARV) 30 km · Eagle River Union Airport (KEGV) 42 km · Merrill Municipal Airport (KRRL) 52 km · Boulder Junction Payzer Airport (KBDJ) 52 km
Conditions reported at KRHI describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Harshaw specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Harshaw.
About Harshaw, Wisconsin
Harshaw lies at the edge of a quiet, rolling expanse, where the dense green of Wisconsin's northern forests begins to yield to more open, sun-drenched fields. It lies 48.8 miles north of Wausau, WI (from Wausau, WI: bearing 359°T), and is situated 11.9 miles west of Rhinelander. The land itself seems to hold a certain stillness, a patient waiting under a sky that can shift from a pale, washed-out blue to the bruised purples of an approaching storm with startling speed. Here, the air carries the scent of pine needles warmed by the sun, mingling with the damp earth after a rain, and the gentle murmur of unseen streams threads through the landscape like a whispered secret. The terrain, a mosaic of wooded knolls and meadows, hints at a history of both wildness and cultivation, where the shadows lengthen and deepen as the day draws to its close. This particular corner of Oneida County carries the echoes of a past tied to the bounty of the land. Once, logging camps were common, their rough-hewn structures fading into the encroaching woods, leaving behind only the memory of industry and the resilience of those who worked the forests. Today, the economy of Harshaw is more broadly agricultural, with farms dotting the countryside, their fields a patchwork quilt of crops that change with the seasons. The waters nearby, such as the Rhinelander Flowage and theoplankton-rich lakes that dot the surrounding region, draw anglers and nature enthusiasts, offering a different kind of sustenance and a quiet draw for visitors. The rhythm of life in Harshaw is measured, a deliberate pace set by the turn of the earth and the changing light.
Live animated radar for Harshaw 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 | Harshaw, Oneida County, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 45.665514°N, 89.655418°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 54529 |
| Area Code | 715 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Harshaw, Wisconsin Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Harshaw, 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 Harshaw includes coordinates 45.665514°N, 89.655418°W, situated in Oneida County. ZIP code 54529. 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.
