Ripon, Wisconsin Weather
Ripon, Wisconsin — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Ripon, Fond du Lac County.
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About Ripon, Wisconsin
Ripon rests on land that rolls with a gentle, generous spirit, a place where the horizon seems to exhale, and the sky, when it opens, unfurls in vast, unhurried swathes of blue. It lies 19.3 miles south-west of Oshkosh, WI (from Oshkosh, WI: bearing 229°T), and is situated 6.2 miles east of Green Lake. The terrain here is a subtle study in grace, not dramatic pronouncements but the quiet confidence of fields yielding their bounty, interspersed with pockets of woodland that whisper secrets on the breeze. The air itself carries a clean, earthy scent, a mélange of tilled soil and the distant promise of rain, and in the late afternoon, the sunlight slants across the land with a golden hue, illuminating the textures of the earth as if it were a living manuscript. This is a landscape that invites contemplation, a quiet invitation to simply *be*, amidst the soft contours and the ever-present whisper of wind through the tall grasses. The story of Ripon is etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring pulse of its agricultural heart and its pioneering spirit. Founded in the mid-19th century, it quickly became a hub for the surrounding farmlands, its economy deeply intertwined with the cycles of planting and harvest, a rhythm that still informs the pace of life. The very soil here seems to hold the echoes of generations who worked it, their hopes and labors woven into the fabric of the place. Ripon is also known as the birthplace of the Republican Party, a significant footnote in American history that lends a unique gravitas to its quiet streets. The town carries this legacy with a grounded humility, a reminder that profound change can indeed begin in seemingly ordinary places, under skies just like these.
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| Location | Ripon, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 43.842205°N, 88.835945°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 54971 |
| Area Code | 715 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ripon, Wisconsin Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ripon, 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 Ripon includes coordinates 43.842205°N, 88.835945°W, situated in Fond du Lac County. ZIP code 54971. 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.
