Princeton, Wisconsin Weather
Princeton, Wisconsin — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Princeton, Green Lake County.
Full aviation weather for Princeton is published on the Portage Municipal Airport (KC47) page, 43 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KC47 describe the airfield itself. Weather 43 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Princeton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Princeton.
About Princeton, Wisconsin
Princeton rests where the Fox River, a ribbon of cool, dark water, bends and widens, spilling into the generous expanse of Green Lake itself, Wisconsin’s deepest inland lake. It lies 24.8 miles east-north-east of Douglas, WI (from Douglas, WI: bearing 64°T), and is situated 8.1 miles west of Green Lake. The land here rolls with a patient, agricultural grace, fields of corn and soybeans stretching in a patchwork quilt under a sky that can shift from the steely grey of an impending storm to the buttery gold of late afternoon. Old farmhouses, their paint weathered to soft hues, stand sentinel, their porches often catching the humid breath of summer evenings, a quiet hum of cicadas the only persistent soundtrack. The air, especially after a rain, carries the clean, sharp scent of damp earth and growing things, a promise of bounty from the fertile soil. The history of Princeton is as intertwined with the Fox River as the water is with the land. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile ground and the waterway’s potential for transport, established a community that found its footing in agriculture and, for a time, the lumber industry. The river, once a busy artery for logs and goods, now offers a gentler kind of commerce, with pleasure boats and fishing kayaks tracing its gentle curves. While no grand university bears its name, Princeton possesses a distinct character, a quiet resilience born from generations of working the land and navigating the rhythms of the seasons. The local economy still leans on the agricultural heart of the region, but a growing appreciation for its natural beauty, particularly the allure of Green Lake, draws visitors seeking a slower pace, a place where the sun dips below the horizon in a slow, deliberate flourish of color, painting the water in shades of rose and lavender.
Live animated radar for Princeton 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 | Princeton, Green Lake County, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 43.850813°N, 89.121783°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 54968 |
| Area Code | 715 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Princeton, Wisconsin Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Princeton, 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 Princeton includes coordinates 43.850813°N, 89.121783°W, situated in Green Lake County. ZIP code 54968. 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.
