Jim Falls, Wisconsin Weather
Jim Falls, Wisconsin — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Jim Falls, Chippewa County.
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About Jim Falls, Wisconsin
Jim Falls sprawls across a landscape shaped by the patient hand of water and ice. It lies 1.8 miles south-south-east of Chippewa, WI (from Chippewa, WI: bearing 148°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north-east of Chippewa Falls. Rolling hills, remnants of ancient glacial deposits, give way to the fertile floodplains of the Chippewa River, its waters a perpetual, glinting ribbon through the green. Pine and oak forests, thick and hushed, cloak the higher ground, their scent mingling with the damp earth and the distant perfume of ripening corn. The air here carries a particular coolness, even in summer, a whisper of the northern woods that press close, and in the early mornings, a fine mist often hangs low, softening the edges of the world and lending a quiet dignity to the farmsteads scattered across the fields. The story of Jim Falls is deeply entwined with the power of the Chippewa River and the bounty of its watershed. Logging once dominated the economy, with massive rafts of timber making their way downstream, a testament to the raw, untamed nature of this region in its early days. Today, agriculture holds sway, with dairy farms and cash crops defining the economic pulse, their fields a checkerboard of green and gold under the vast, generous sky. The presence of the Jim Falls dam, a sturdy concrete sentinel, hints at the ongoing harnessing of the river's might, a modern chapter in a long history of human interaction with this place, a place where the echoes of the past are carried on the breeze that rustles through the tall grasses.
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| Location | Jim Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 45.04524°N, 91.272929°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 54748 |
| Area Code | 715 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Jim Falls, Wisconsin Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Jim Falls, Wisconsin, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Jim Falls includes coordinates 45.045240°N, 91.272929°W, situated in Chippewa County. ZIP code 54748. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
