Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin Weather
Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Prairie du Sac, Sauk County.
Full aviation weather for Prairie du Sac is published on the Sauk-Prairie Airport (K91C) page, 3 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 Prairie du Sac 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 Prairie du Sac: Middleton Municipal Morey Field (KC29) 25 km · Waunakee Airport (K6P3) 25 km · Baraboo Wisconsin Dells Regional Airport (KDLL) 26 km · Reedsburg Municipal Airport (KC35) 34 km · Dane County Regional Truax Field (KMSN) 35 km
Conditions reported at K91C describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Prairie du Sac specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin
Prairie du Sac unfolds like an old map where the Wisconsin River, a muscular vein of the land, dictates the contours of the earth. It lies 13.1 miles south-east of Sauk, WI (from Sauk, WI: bearing 129°T), and is situated 4.5 miles east of Sauk Prairie. Here, the landscape is a study in gentle slopes and broad horizons, where fields of corn and soy stretch towards a sky that feels impossibly vast, often painted with the bruised purples and fiery oranges of an approaching storm. The air itself carries a faint, earthy perfume, a blend of damp soil and sun-baked grasses, and in the twilight, the distant silhouette of the bluffs across the river takes on a brooding, ancient character. The rhythm of Prairie du Sac is dictated by the seasons and the slow, steady pulse of agricultural life, a quiet hum that underpins the daily comings and goings of its residents. This place, Prairie du Sac, breathes with the deep history of its founding, a story etched into the very soil by generations of farmers and loggers who tamed this fertile valley. The Wisconsin River, once a vital artery for steamboats and commerce, still whispers tales of the past, and its banks now offer a different kind of bounty, drawing anglers and kayakers to its waters. The local economy, deeply rooted in agriculture, is augmented by a spirit of innovation, most notably represented by the world-renowned Sauk Prairie Area Historical Society and its ongoing efforts to preserve the region's rich heritage. The iconic Wisconsin River Power Company dam stands as a testament to human ingenuity, a silent sentinel that has shaped the river's flow and the community's destiny for decades.
Live animated radar for Prairie du Sac 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 | Prairie du Sac, Sauk County, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 43.286933°N, 89.724012°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 53578 |
| Area Code | 715 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Prairie du Sac, 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 Prairie du Sac includes coordinates 43.286933°N, 89.724012°W, situated in Sauk County. ZIP code 53578. 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.
