Oconto, Wisconsin Weather
Oconto, Wisconsin — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Oconto, Oconto County.
Full aviation weather for Oconto is published on the J. Douglas Bake Memorial Airport (KOCQ) page, 4 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 Oconto 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 Oconto: Menominee–Marinette Twin County Airport (KMNM) 32 km · Door County Cherryland Airport (KSUE) 35 km · Austin Straubel International Airport (KGRB) 50 km · Shawano Municipal Airport (KEZS) 56 km
Conditions reported at KOCQ describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Oconto specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Oconto.
About Oconto, Wisconsin
Oconto unfolds along the western shore of Green Bay, a place where the land gently slopes toward the vast expanse of freshwater, its character shaped by the soft, persistent kiss of the lake breeze and the deep, dark loam of the surrounding countryside. It lies 21.6 miles north-north-west of Lincoln, WI (from Lincoln, WI: bearing 330°T), and is situated 19.6 miles north-north-east of Suamico. The town itself is a quiet gathering of weathered clapboard homes and sturdy brick storefronts, their facades softened by decades of sun and wind, hinting at lives lived with a steady, unhurried purpose. Ancient oaks, their branches gnarled like arthritic fingers, stand sentinel along the streets, their leaves rustling a constant, hushed conversation with the sky. The air here carries a damp, earthy scent, mingled with the faint, briny tang of the bay, and in the late afternoon, the light slants long and golden, painting the weathered wood and peeling paint with a melancholic beauty. The history of Oconto is etched into the very bedrock of its being, a story that began with the whisper of Ojibwe canoes gliding across these waters and the determined footsteps of logging pioneers who saw in these ancient forests a promise of prosperity. For generations, the economy of Oconto pulsed with the rhythm of the timber industry, the mighty pines felled and floated downriver, fueling a robust trade that shaped the town's early fortunes. Later, fishing boats would ply the bay, their nets heavy with the bounty of the lake, a legacy that still lingers in the salty air and the occasional weathered trawler docked at the marina. While the grand logging operations have long since faded, the spirit of resourcefulness endures, manifesting now in small businesses and a quiet agricultural presence, where the land continues to yield its gifts, and the people of Oconto carry forward the quiet resilience of their forebears, their lives bound to the enduring rhythms of the bay and the land.
Live animated radar for Oconto 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.
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| Location | Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 44.887212°N, 87.864547°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 54153 |
| Area Code | 715 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Oconto, Wisconsin Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oconto, 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 Oconto includes coordinates 44.887212°N, 87.864547°W, situated in Oconto County. ZIP code 54153. 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.
